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Recent Examples of plateau
Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
The Menkaure pyramid is the smallest of the three main pyramids on Cairo’s Giza plateau.
—Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
The issue of balance has come to the forefront in recent weeks, as Everton’s results have started to plateau.
—Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Now that the face-lift of 16th Street has been completed, city officials and downtown advocates are hoping that 2026 sees activity start to pick up and push past that three-year plateau.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
The Menkaure pyramid is the smallest of the three main pyramids on Cairo’s Giza plateau.
—Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
The study’s projections account for this trajectory and suggest the discovery curve has not yet begun to plateau.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
The issue of balance has come to the forefront in recent weeks, as Everton’s results have started to plateau.
—Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plateau
Noun
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Take in jaw-dropping views of the Painted Desert, a colorful expanse of hills, buttes, and mesas.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Apr. 2026
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Enter a ravine and follow gradual switchbacks to a small mesa at the top.—
Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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And, unlike some previous conflicts, there have been few effective measures to stabilize the global economy.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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Even if fuel markets stabilize, the agricultural damage may already be locked in.—
Judd Devermont,
semafor.com,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In the highlands of Montenegro, a shepherd mother and daughter defend their ancestral land from becoming a NATO military training ground, stirring memories of past violence.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
6 May 2026
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Similarly, crew members also took field trips to such locations as the Kamestastin Impact Crater in Labrador, Canada and the Icelandic highlands.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Pedro Cervantes painted jewellike vistas of New Mexico’s tablelands.—
John P. Murphy,
ARTnews.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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The tableland was formed by volcanic eruptions about 700,000 years ago, according to the Bishop Chamber of Commerce and Information Center.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacramento Bee,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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“Plateau.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plateau. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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