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
Just like how the Himalayas on Earth form a boundary separating the plains and plateaus, the 10.8 billion-year-old Cosmic Himalayas form a boundary separating distinct cosmic structures in the early Universe.
From Space Scoop
But in recent decades, the rate has plateaued and even started to tick upward again, at the same time that bed-sharing has become more popular among parents.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
