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Recent Examples of plateau
Kansas City Star, 12 Dec. 2025
First, China’s growth plateau was a predictable outcome.
—Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2025
Brody Miller, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Some clinical trials show short-term weight loss and better blood sugar control in people with type 2 diabetes,3 but these benefits often plateau within the year.
—Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 11 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Where some might see a plateau, Mizzou sees a foundation.
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Griffin led through 54 holes and opened birdie-birdie-birdie only to plateau and play the final 15 holes in 1-over par for solo second.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for plateau
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Beyond cost, Purple Line development will face a high degree of difficulty because of the topography of mesas and valleys.—
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Petit Jean Mountain is the name commonly given to the large mesa on the south bank of the Arkansas River in Conway County.—
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Parents are encouraged to participate in their baby’s care through techniques like kangaroo care (skin-to-skin contact), which helps stabilize vital signs and supports development.—
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Mood also begins to stabilize, with lower anxiety levels.—
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The Napo is home to small communities of Kichwa people, whose ancestors came down from the Andean highlands centuries ago.—
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The shallow freshwater coursed lazily among the sawgrass, the water stretching from the Atlantic Coastal Ridge to the east to the highlands of what is now part of the Big Cypress National Preserve to the west.—
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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.—
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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.—
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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 13 Jan. 2026.
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