plateau
Example Sentences
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According to the researchers, this aligns with a "plateau in intelligence and personality" described in other studies.
From Science Daily
As textile production shifted from Massachusetts’s Merrimack River to the Piedmont plateau of the Appalachian foothills.
Dr Mousely said this "aligns with a plateau of intelligence and personality" that many of us will have witnessed or experienced.
From BBC
“The plateau borders a paleolake, a natural depression that collected water in remote times, and it overlooks this towards the horizon,” he says.
From Scientific American
Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the numbers plateaued for most of last year.
From Seattle Times
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