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noun

pla-ˈtō How to pronounce plateau (audio)
Definition of plateaunext
as in mesa
a broad flat area of elevated land Native Americans have inhabited the plateau for centuries

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verb

as in to stabilize

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Recent Examples of plateau
Noun
And that led to Patrick Mahomes reaching the 300-yard plateau for the first time since last November. — Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026 Cashiers, North Carolina Located in western North Carolina’s Jackson County, high on a plateau in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Cashiers is a quiet village of fewer than 1,000 residents. — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2026
Verb
Production is expected to plateau at about 230,000 barrels per day, with blended crude exports emerging from separate projects by CNOOC and TotalEnergies. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026 Order frequency continued to plateau around 4 times per year over the last three years, its prospectus showed. — John Liu, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for plateau
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plateau
  1. mesa
  2. stabilize
  3. highland
  4. tableland
  5. altiplano
Noun
  • Inspired by the region’s terrain of flat desert basins, mesas, and canyons, residents of New Mexico are drawn to this shade the most.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Los Alamos, not far from Santa Fe, sits at the foot of Pajarito Mountain in a land of canyons and mesas.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of mesa
Verb
  • Trimming inventory can help a business stabilize its sales or even get back to growth, and can reduce the chances a company gets stuck with unwanted inventory.
    — Ryan Baker, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Kashkari then asked how much faster growth would have to be in order to stabilize the debt.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of stabilize
Noun
  • After posting a picture on a random rock in the Turkish highlands on Instagram, Salah has transformed the spot into a tourist attraction, with droves of fans making the pilgrimage.
    — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Several factors were in place to trigger the collapse of PLC forces on the Red Sea coast that are not in place for the southwest highlands.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of highland
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  • Only a depression in the ground remains at the Ingalls Dugout Site, but eagle-eyed visitors can still spot the spring, tablelands, thickets of plum trees, and other landmarksr described in the book of the same name.
    — Alicia Underlee Nelson, Midwest Living, 22 June 2026
  • Pedro Cervantes painted jewellike vistas of New Mexico’s tablelands.
    — John P. Murphy, ARTnews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
Definition of tableland
Noun
  • Built in the late 19 th century to transport the altiplano’s abundant metals and minerals, the railway line once ran from Bolivia’s de facto capital La Paz to the Pacific port of Antofagasta in Chile.
    — The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Tiwanaku communities first emerged in an altiplano, or high plain, of the Andes called the Titicaca Basin, named after Lake Titicaca.
    — Gina Park, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025
Definition of altiplano

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