plateau
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The waves were recorded by ocean bottom seismometers positioned around the plateau and by instruments installed on nearby oceanic islands.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
It’s no secret that vinyl records’ resurgence has hit a new plateau, outselling CDs for the first time since 1987 as of 2022, according to a report from the Recording Industry Assn. of America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
As a famous economist infamously noted in 1929, they seem to have reached a permanently high plateau.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
According to Nash, at the time of the cave art what is now the Bristol Channel was a "rich fertile plateau" between Gower and the north Devon coast.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
When Ophelia returned to the central plateau to work with Farmer in the summer of 1985, she noticed changes in him.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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At CERAWeek, ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance said providing new oil supply as shale plateaus is one of the industry’s big challenges.
From Barron's ● Mar. 28, 2026
Not with another four years on his contract, a current buyout price of $22.5 million and now a not-terrible finish to this strange season of all peaks and valleys and no plateaus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2026
“Free cash flow per share grows even as revenue plateaus or declines slightly. The companies that execute this transition well are going to emerge as leaner, more profitable versions of themselves,” he says.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 25, 2026
The atomic system displayed clear Shapiro steps, which are quantized voltage plateaus used worldwide to calibrate electrical voltage.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 23, 2025
There was nothing but the wide expanse of flat desert, which reached toward the edge of the horizon, where massive sandstone plateaus stood that were as faint and round as orange clouds.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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Connecting the realms, Martine sells crepes in the summer to members of the communes, who venture down from their fields and plateaux for this staple of French cuisine.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2023
Currently, it expects wage growth to plateaux around 3.9% late next year and into 2024.
From Reuters ● Nov. 16, 2022
From arboreal foothills, we climbed up to bare, boulder-strewn plateaux, before plunging back down to shaded valleys below.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 28, 2020
But with the new edition opening to just $21.5 million — less than either of the previous sequels, in real or inflated dollars — it will have trouble reaching those plateaux.
From Time ● Apr. 8, 2012
There were black and gloomy forests, bright and cheerful meadows; bounding waterfalls and tranquil lakes; fertile lands and savage wastes; sunny plains and frigid plateaux.
From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Whymper, Edward
It made sense for his family at the time because his wife’s business was growing, while he felt his career in content marketing had plateaued.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
And that has happened even as Tesla's car production numbers have plateaued.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
U.S. print-book sales plateaued in 2025, according to the book tracker Circana BookScan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
The donors who’ve been forking it over are questioning whether Cornyn has plateaued.
From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2026
My stock plummeted, and by high school, it plateaued.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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The argument wasn’t anything new, and it certainly wasn’t influenced by plateauing sales or consumer complaints.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026
With repetition, they got faster until plateauing, which he thinks was when the sorting task became automated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
We see North America demand plateauing, but global demand for refined products continuing to rise 1-2% a year.
From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026
Tesla shares have fallen more than 16% this year following a series of setbacks for the company, including brand damage and plateauing interest in electric vehicles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2025
After plateauing for a while, it continued to fall, reaching a low point in mid-2013 that was 35% down from its highest.
From BBC ● May 12, 2025
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