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Recent Examples of plateau
ABC News,
16 June 2026
Lake Tahoe’s water clarity has reached a plateau, showing no significant long-term improvement or decline, even as the annual average has trended downward over the past several decades.
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Reeti Malhotra,
Sacbee.com,
15 June 2026
Malana Vantyler,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2026
As Inside Higher Ed notes, graduates with adaptable skills often continue to grow while others plateau.
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Rasheem Rooke,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Rescue teams with search dogs had been dispatched to the mountainous area in Haixi prefecture on the Tibetan plateau.
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ABC News,
16 June 2026
Lake Tahoe’s water clarity has reached a plateau, showing no significant long-term improvement or decline, even as the annual average has trended downward over the past several decades.
—
Reeti Malhotra,
Sacbee.com,
15 June 2026
Verb
In a landscape that keeps evolving, that foundation is what separates channels that plateau from channels that break through.
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Malana Vantyler,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2026
As Inside Higher Ed notes, graduates with adaptable skills often continue to grow while others plateau.
—
Rasheem Rooke,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for plateau
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plateau
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Its mesas, arches and deep canyons give the stars a dramatic stage, especially from remote viewpoints away from direct artificial light.
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Riders make their way through a mesa area on Tatooine with options to choose three or four branching paths.
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Lifestyle habits also play an important role during this process as regular exercise, consistent sleep, good nutrition, hydration, stress reduction, therapy and strong social support can all help stabilize mood while the brain adjusts.
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Typically, companies opt for lock-up periods of 90 to 180 days to prevent insiders from selling the stock immediately after its IPO, and to help stabilize the stock.
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The Simbari people of Papua New Guinea’s eastern highlands separate boys from their mothers around the age of nine.
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The Macallan Importantly, this is the first time that Macallan fans will be able to have this type of experience without going through global travel retail or venturing into the heart of the remote Scottish highlands.
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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.
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Pedro Cervantes painted jewellike vistas of New Mexico’s tablelands.
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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.
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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.
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“Plateau.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plateau. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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