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plateau

[pla-toh, plat-oh] / plæˈtoʊ, ˈplæt oʊ /
NOUN
level; flat, often high, land
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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

There is little privacy, it is miles out into the volcanic grasslands of the plateau, it did not allow pets.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Structure Therapeutics’ GLP-1 pill led to over 16% average weight loss in a 10-month trial, with no plateau.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

The paper states that truckload freight planning is largely manual with models that plateau at about 500 truckloads, but he notes C.H.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

That was how things got changed for the better in the central plateau, one small but crucial decision at a time.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French