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Recent Examples of plateau
Mena Mirhom, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
That means global power-sector emissions are expected to plateau this year and begin to gradually fall next year.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 31 July 2025
Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
The Rumbak Wildlife Lodge is set on a plateau that offers a 360-degree view of the epic landscape.
—Marion Miller, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Over the past decade, psychology has uncovered patterns that distinguish the people who rise quickly from those who plateau.
—Mena Mirhom, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
That means global power-sector emissions are expected to plateau this year and begin to gradually fall next year.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 31 July 2025
Verb
The seabed drops abruptly to a plateau.
—Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
The Rumbak Wildlife Lodge is set on a plateau that offers a 360-degree view of the epic landscape.
—Marion Miller, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plateau
Noun
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Within minutes, guests can be standing beneath the stone arches of Arches National Park, 4 miles away, or surveying mesas and buttes in Canyonlands National Park, 30 miles southwest, where the Colorado and Green rivers have carved the landscape for centuries.—
Cari Shane,
USA Today,
15 Oct. 2025
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Instead, tribal members have relied on a single power line that runs roughly 30 miles east and west across high desert punctuated by three distinctive mesas, home to 12 distinct villages, including some of the oldest inhabited communities in the United States.—
Nate Perez,
NPR,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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They’re designed to stabilize and regulate the heart’s beating, not to inform others of the heart’s catastrophic arrest.—
Joy Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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The administration drew backlash last month after agreeing to provide $20 billion in currency support to help stabilize the Argentine peso, a move critics have characterized as effectively bailing out Argentina.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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Lake Nyos, an extremely deep lake in the volcanic highlands of northwest Cameroon, was in the second category.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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With establishing shots of the majestic Armenian highlands, the documentary makes a concerted effort to trace the deep-rooted mythos of this ancestral land before delving into its subjects.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
20 Oct. 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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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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While you may be tempted to go shopping along Marshall Street (the student hangout lined with college shops and eateries) before the game, keep in mind that you’re only allowed to bring small, clear bags into the dome.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Oct. 2025
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The original chrome dome would have gone hard here, or a really glossy black.—
The Athletic NHL Staff,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Plateau.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plateau. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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