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plateau

noun as in level; flat, often high, land

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Others, like the Yale economist Irving Fisher, infamously said precrash prices had reached “a permanently high plateau,” according to an Oct.

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Even being able to say that allergy rates plateaued “would be huge news, but the fact that we actually saw a reduction in the onset of new food allergy in kids under 3 is incredible.”

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Others, like the Yale economist Irving Fisher, infamously said precrash prices had reached “a permanently high plateau,” according to this Oct.

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In 1882, the Havasupai people were removed from the Grand Canyon plateau, which they had inhabited for centuries.

"This is unlikely to mark the start of a sustained rise in borrowing costs, but rather a prolonged plateau while the outlook becomes clearer."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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