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Recent Examples of plateau
Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2025
As a result of the strong growth in low-carbon energy sources, the IEA said, global emissions of carbon dioxide from the electricity sector are expected to plateau in the coming three years.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Tobias Burns, The Hill, 31 July 2025
And while this surge is expected to plateau in 2027, the number of people on Medicare remains strong.
—Justin Brock, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
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Noun
At this point of the season, Week 7, there were about 500 deaths last season, and 600 the year before, but in both of those seasons the deaths had already started to plateau by mid-February.
—Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2025
As a result of the strong growth in low-carbon energy sources, the IEA said, global emissions of carbon dioxide from the electricity sector are expected to plateau in the coming three years.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Verb
Shelter inflation in the CPI, which typically lags the headline number, decreased to a 3.8 percent annual increase off a plateau through March and April around 4.0 percent.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 31 July 2025
And while this surge is expected to plateau in 2027, the number of people on Medicare remains strong.
—Justin Brock, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plateau
Noun
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These pinnacles are surrounded by miles of windblown sand and bordered by mesas and buttes.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Apr. 2025
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On the mesa, flames leaped from one 4,000-square-foot home to the next.—
Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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With electricity demand rising across the PJM region, especially from data centers, every new power project built within a county helps reduce pressure on the grid and stabilize prices.—
Anna Broughel,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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That helps stabilize power flow, which becomes more important as older fossil fuel plants shut down and leave behind fewer tools for grid balancing.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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So did ground vibrations from three B-52s dropping 324 500-pound bombs in the central highlands just to our west.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
27 July 2025
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Next up are the Andean highlands and a stay at a 4,000-acre working ranch, with a hike through pre-Inca ruins to a condor conservation center.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
14 July 2025
Noun
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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
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It's located on the Cumberland Plateau — a 450-mile tableland that covers much of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, with soaring sandstone walls, large boulders, and dramatic overhangs.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
22 July 2023
Noun
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In the Chilean altiplano above 12,000 feet, Meiburg spends one of the coldest nights of his life in a sleeping bag on the edge of a salt lagoon, staking out mountain caracaras known for working in groups to flip over heavy flat stones in search of edible creatures.—
Paul Kvinta,
Outside Online,
2 Apr. 2021
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The landscape changed around me; condensing from plains, desert, and mountains into the jungles of Central America, then unfolding in reverse, into the expanse of the altiplano.—
J.R. Patterson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Feb. 2022
Noun
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The objective is to study the composition and origin of the domes and surroundings.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Aug. 2025
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Listen to this week’s episode to learn how ancient Persians built ice-making domes in the desert and why thin, tasty waffles may have saved Britain from ice cream extinction.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Plateau.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plateau. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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