plateau
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This additional region, known as a plateau, was weaker than the primary emission but extended well beyond the previously established energy range.
From Science Daily β Oct. 29, 2026
We assumed, naively, that my husband’s salary would continue to increase, not that raises would be paused due to university budget concerns, and that once he got tenure, his earnings would essentially plateau.
From Slate β Oct. 28, 2026
Yet traditionally, this is the time workers often treat their career as a plateau, or wait to be pushed out by market shifts.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 27, 2026
India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said last week that talks had hit a "plateau", with little room for further concessions.
From Barron's β Oct. 18, 2026
Once we took a lesser-traveled path off the Pacific Coast Trail and followed it to the top of a ridge, where we discovered a golden plateau of desert sunflowers.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
Multiple employees were perfecting the already-perfect plateaus of bell peppers and apples in the produce section.
From Los Angeles Times β May 25, 2026
At CERAWeek, ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance said providing new oil supply as shale plateaus is one of the industry’s big challenges.
From Barron's β Mar. 28, 2026
These flat regions, known as plateaus, turned out to be universal.
From Science Daily β Mar. 1, 2026
“Free cash flow per share grows even as revenue plateaus or declines slightly. The companies that execute this transition well are going to emerge as leaner, more profitable versions of themselves,” he says.
From MarketWatch β Feb. 25, 2026
She nods and stares across the far side of the lake, to the distant icy mountains where the water pours over the plateaus.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
Connecting the realms, Martine sells crepes in the summer to members of the communes, who venture down from their fields and plateaux for this staple of French cuisine.
From BBC β Dec. 16, 2023
Currently, it expects wage growth to plateaux around 3.9% late next year and into 2024.
From Reuters β Nov. 16, 2022
As to the poets who made it into Dear World, there are predictable highs, plateaux and crescendi.
From The Guardian β Apr. 12, 2013
But with the new edition opening to just $21.5 million — less than either of the previous sequels, in real or inflated dollars — it will have trouble reaching those plateaux.
From Time β Apr. 8, 2012
They proceed in plateaux or steps, on each of which the stream deploys in a kind of lake, or elongated basin, connected with the next succeeding one by a narrow rapid.
From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
The optimal range was 5,000 to 7,500 steps daily, after which the effect plateaued.
From Science Daily β Oct. 19, 2026
In some sports, including Premier League football, the money which leagues and clubs are earning from TV rights is by far their biggest source of income, but has plateaued to an extent in recent years.
From BBC β Oct. 8, 2026
The speeds of planes and cars may have plateaued, but one thing that has definitely sped up beyond all prior imagining is the speed of communication.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 13, 2026
It made sense for his family at the time because his wife’s business was growing, while he felt his career in content marketing had plateaued.
From MarketWatch β Jun. 23, 2026
My stock plummeted, and by high school, it plateaued.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
The argument wasn’t anything new, and it certainly wasn’t influenced by plateauing sales or consumer complaints.
From Salon β Jun. 14, 2026
With repetition, they got faster until plateauing, which he thinks was when the sorting task became automated.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jun. 12, 2026
Ember is confident that emissions from using fossil fuels to generate electricity are now plateauing and could begin a permanent decline in a few years.
From BBC β Nov. 12, 2025
The previously maligned ADP gauge has confirmed the plateauing of payrolls outside the government sector.
From Barron's β Nov. 8, 2025
At the same time, demand for electric vehicles is plateauing as the market gets saturated, Brauer said.
From Los Angeles Times β Jun. 5, 2025
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