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Recent Examples of plateau
CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
As for the Dream Stele, mainstream Egyptologists interpret its imagery symbolically, not as a literal map of the plateau.
—Ryan Brennan
april 1, Kansas City Star, 1 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
The Knicks lost the 1994 NBA Finals to Houston and were able to surpass the 50-win plateau the following season.
—CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
As for the Dream Stele, mainstream Egyptologists interpret its imagery symbolically, not as a literal map of the plateau.
—Ryan Brennan
april 1, Kansas City Star, 1 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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Iheanachor is the type of player that can help stabilize an entire unit.—
Dan Zaksheske,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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Nonprofits and state officials are renewing efforts to stabilize the surviving structures.—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
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Armed with lessons learned from a painful past, women put up a quiet but resilient fight to preserve the dignity of their lives and home in the breathtaking Montenegrin highlands.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
1 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 24 Apr. 2026.
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