plateau
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The northwestern part of Motte Rimrock Reserve, a biological field station on a rocky plateau managed by UC Riverside, also falls in an evacuation warning zone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
The rocky terrain of the Bundelkhand plateau means it can store little groundwater.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
The traditional pharmaceutical market sets its price of a drug upon launch and year by year that price moves lower until it reaches a plateau when generic versions are introduced.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The field has more than 3 trillion cubic feet of gas initially in place, with production expected to reach a plateau of 500 million standard cubic feet a day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
He said that guilt—at least the kind some rich people felt toward the poor—allowed money to flow to the clinics and schools in the central plateau.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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Scientists also believe this type of cAMP modulation might eventually help people overcome the weight loss plateaus commonly reported with GLP-1 drugs.
From Science Daily ● May 25, 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
“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
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
A thick, dark green forest of oak and pine crowned pink-orange sand-rock plateaus that extended north and south beyond Nathan’s vision.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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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
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
The decision in question is the return of cattle to portions of the 646,000-hectare park, a landscape of deep ravines, high plateaux and snow gum trees.
From Nature ● Mar. 23, 2011
But, though thus high in air, the Forest of Dean does not possess the usual characteristics of what are termed plateaux, or elevated tablelands.
From No Quarter! by Mayne Reid
The overall market value of stablecoins has plateaued of late, and is little changed from what it was last October, according to tracking by data provider DefiLlama.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 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 ● Jun. 23, 2026
And that has happened even as Tesla's car production numbers have plateaued.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
The donors who’ve been forking it over are questioning whether Cornyn has plateaued.
From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2026
My stock plummeted, and by high school, it plateaued.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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Experts say that doctors should be able to offer treatment when other symptoms are present, such as plateauing pregnancy hormone levels, bleeding and abdominal pain.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
At the same time, American production growth—a key shock absorber for high prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—appears to be plateauing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 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
At the same time, demand for electric vehicles is plateauing as the market gets saturated, Brauer said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025
After plateauing for a while, it continued to fall, reaching a low point in mid-2013 that was 35% down from its highest.
From BBC ● May 12, 2025
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