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plateau

[pla-toh, plat-oh] / plæˈtoʊ, ˈplæt oʊ /
NOUN
level; flat, often high, land
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Office attendance rates continue to tick up even as we reach a mandate plateau.

From The Wall Street Journal

Efforts continue to move the remaining three to a nearby plateau so they can be recovered using a winch.

From BBC

The experiment revealed Shapiro steps, which are distinct voltage plateaus that appear at multiples of a driving frequency, just as they do in superconducting devices.

From Science Daily

This time aligns with a plateau in our intelligence and personality, the researchers said, and the regions of the brain become more segregated.

From The Wall Street Journal

Meanwhile, demand for basic staples has largely plateaued because higher incomes increase demand for quality and variety, not for vastly larger quantities of food.

From Barron's