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Recent Examples of plateau
Ankur Goyal, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
That plateau may arrive more swiftly, but demand won’t plunge.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 19 May 2026
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
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Noun
There is no plateau or grace period.
—Ankur Goyal, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
That plateau may arrive more swiftly, but demand won’t plunge.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 19 May 2026
Verb
In a landscape that keeps evolving, that foundation is what separates channels that plateau from channels that break through.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plateau
Noun
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Riders make their way through a mesa area on Tatooine with options to choose three or four branching paths.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
26 May 2026
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Latinos have always been an intrinsic feature of the Western Slope’s socioeconomic landscape, as ubiquitous as the area’s mountains, mesas and canyons.—
Ernesto Sagás,
The Conversation,
26 May 2026
Verb
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Secondhand watch sales After a speculative bubble in luxury watches during the pandemic, the luxury watch market plunged in 2022 and is only now starting to stabilize.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
2 June 2026
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Analysts believe Caesars' substantial free cash flow could stabilize Fertitta's existing, restaurant-heavy conglomerate, which faces a challenging operating environment.—
Christopher Helman,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Noun
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West Highland Way, Scotland — Easy village-to-village walking through the western highlands.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2026
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Beauchamp tripping back in time, lost and separated in the highlands of 18th century Scotland.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
1 June 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 6 Jun. 2026.
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