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Which geological feature is formed from a plateau?

plateau

[pla-toh, plat-oh] / plæˈtoʊ, ˈplæt oʊ /
NOUN
level; flat, often high, land
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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 ● 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 ● Oct. 28, 2026

Scott and Stauring founded the humanitarian group iACT largely to respond to the crisis in Darfur, a semi-desert plateau in western Sudan that has known nothing but war this century.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said this month the talks had reached "a plateau, beyond which giving or taking might be very, very difficult".

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

I didn’t do anything but school and Tae Bo, where I hit a plateau.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

Even after Gilead reported its “strongest year-over-year base business growth in more than a decade,” analysts questioned how long it would take until the growth in its HIV franchise plateaus due to competition.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Oceanic plateaus are enormous elevated regions of seafloor formed by the eruption of vast quantities of lava.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026

Multiple employees were perfecting the already-perfect plateaus of bell peppers and apples in the produce section.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026

Tesla’s stock revalues and sits at new plateaus every time it achieves one of its big goals, such as launching the best-selling car, electric or otherwise, in the world, an achievement of Tesla’s Model Y.

From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026

The Taklamakan and its buried cities gave way to the western high plateaus where the ground hardened into clay, and gorges had been cut into the rock shelves.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

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 ● Dec. 16, 2023

Currently, it expects wage growth to plateaux around 3.9% late next year and into 2024.

From Reuters ● Nov. 16, 2022

From arboreal foothills, we climbed up to bare, boulder-strewn plateaux, before plunging back down to shaded valleys below.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 28, 2020

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 ● 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 ● Oct. 19, 2026

However, four years on, there is evidence to suggest interest has plateaued.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

The stock rallied from late 2023 to early 2025, but has plateaued since because investors are worried about how long the momentum could last.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

But revenue plateaued, and the convention pipeline was a little softer, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026

My stock plummeted, and by high school, it plateaued.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

The figures - up to 2024-25 - peaked during Covid, before dropping slightly and plateauing.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The argument wasn’t anything new, and it certainly wasn’t influenced by plateauing sales or consumer complaints.

From Salon ● 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 ● Jun. 12, 2026

It has been a bumpy road for the electric vehicle market as declining federal support and plateauing public interest have eaten away at sales.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026

We see North America demand plateauing, but global demand for refined products continuing to rise 1-2% a year.

From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026


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