plateaus

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Not with another four years on his contract, a current buyout price of $22.5 million and now a not-terrible finish to this strange season of all peaks and valleys and no plateaus.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

These flat regions, known as plateaus, turned out to be universal.

From Science Daily • 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 • Feb. 25, 2026

Bald Mountain’s consistent fall-line terrain means no flats or plateaus, just mega downhill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

Annabeth recalled the landscape she’d seen while they fell—a series of plateaus leading ever downward into the gloom.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan