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as in plateau
a broad flat area of elevated land to the east of the valley lies a vast, fertile tableland

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Recent Examples of tableland 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 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 Schuerman Mountain rises in west Sedona, a high tableland that offers commanding views of gaudier formations. Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2021 Their concerns center on Black Mesa, a tableland that rises north of the Hopi villages and that lies partly in the Navajo Reservation and partly in the Hopi Reservation. Ian James, AZCentral.com, 7 Dec. 2020 Alexandra and Yongden decided to walk knee-deep into the tableland ahead of them. Ailsa Ross, Longreads, 9 Aug. 2019 Lubbock, with its elevation reaching to some 3,400 feet, sits high atop caprock tableland that tapers slowly to the southeast toward Fort Worth and Dallas. Mary Ann Anderson, Twin Cities, 20 July 2019
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Noun
  • The 25-year-old forward for the Carolina Hurricanes, who was once expected to anchor a middle-six center spot on a contending team, has seen his game plateau and then dip over the last few years.
    Sean Gentille, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Through 2024, large language models kind of hit a plateau, to some extent, in capability.
    Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 21 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The Napo is home to small communities of Kichwa people, whose ancestors came down from the Andean highlands centuries ago.
    Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
  • 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.
    Amy Green, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Beyond cost, Purple Line development will face a high degree of difficulty because of the topography of mesas and valleys.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Petit Jean Mountain is the name commonly given to the large mesa on the south bank of the Arkansas River in Conway County.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Dec. 2025

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“Tableland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tableland. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.

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