plateau
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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
OpenAI’s, by some indications, has begun to plateau.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
They found a steady rise from 2015 through 2019, followed by a plateau from 2020 to 2024, and then a sharp surge in 2025.
From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026
We were five to six thousand feet above sea level now, on a high plateau full of the evidences of recent mountain-building and vulcanism; we were in the Fire-Hills of the Sembensyen Range.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing plateau
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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100 Great Words from "Fahrenheit 451" -- Part I Vocabulary
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