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plateau

[pla-toh, plat-oh] / plæˈtoʊ, ˈplæt oʊ /
NOUN
level; flat, often high, land
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The findings indicate that volcanic heat at the Juventae Plateau and geothermal energy beneath Aram Chaos could convert common hydrated sulfates into ferric hydroxysulfate.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

The front bar invariably buzzes with locals looking for an after-work bite, hunters and hikers emerging from the Cumberland Plateau and even city folk who make the 1½-hour drive in search of connection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

It’s a steakhouse, but also has the best seafood tower, called the Grande Plateau.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

He had come to vote at Notre Dame college in the Plateau district, where voters queued in a hall below a huge portrait of Felix Houphouet-Boigny, the west African nation's founding president.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

Or imagine a country where Renee’s doggedness is not the exception, but a cultural trait, embedded as deeply as the culture of honor in the Cumberland Plateau.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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