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Recent Examples of plateau
Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Photo : Cris Nolasco One of two tents on a high plateau above the house.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2025
Andrew Joseph, STAT, 4 Sep. 2020
Unemployment claims filed with the Texas Workforce Commission have plateaued since peaking in April.
—Dallas News, 5 June 2020
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Noun
In 2019, the year before COVID-19, 15 hit that plateau.
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Photo : Cris Nolasco One of two tents on a high plateau above the house.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2025
Verb
But experts fear that without coordinated and sustained efforts, the country will plateau at this high level of cases.
—Andrew Joseph, STAT, 4 Sep. 2020
Unemployment claims filed with the Texas Workforce Commission have plateaued since peaking in April.
—Dallas News, 5 June 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plateau
Noun
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The unusual features resemble the famed buttes and mesas of Monument Valley along the Arizona-Utah border.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
25 Jan. 2025
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Backcountry My kid started his hiking career in this pack, which carried him from the mountains of Colorado to the hot barren mesas of Chaco Canyon.—
Scott Gilbertson,
WIRED,
29 Nov. 2024
Verb
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And these investigations seem to have been substantially complete while state lawmakers were dumping taxpayer money by the billion-gallon bucketload into funds meant to stabilize companies that were screaming poverty in the wake of the 2018 and 2019 storm seasons.—
Krys Fluker,
Orlando Sentinel,
6 Mar. 2025
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Analysts say Mondlane’s exclusion means the agreement will likely do little to stabilize the resource-rich Southern African country.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The design was born out of founder Coco Chanel’s relationship with the Duke of Westminster: the couple vacationed together in the Scottish highlands, where sportsmen favored suits fashioned out of the woolen knit.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
2 Mar. 2025
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At nine o’clock in the morning, clear sunlight bathes the Potosi highlands in the state of San Luis Potosi, Mexico.—
Marina P. Asins,
Architectural Digest,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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
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Schuerman Mountain rises in west Sedona, a high tableland that offers commanding views of gaudier formations.—
Roger Naylor,
The Arizona Republic,
5 Mar. 2021
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 balustrade at the far end affords one of the great panoramas of the Eternal City, with the dome of St. Peter’s etched on the horizon.—
The New York Times,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
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Use the dome light and flashers to make your vehicle more noticeable.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Plateau.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plateau. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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