plateau
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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
This difference provided an important clue that the plate beneath the plateau has a more complicated internal structure than most oceanic plates.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
One day the pioneers who had planted the first trees on the windswept coastal plateau discovered huge gashes in the rich vegetation.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
It’s no secret that vinyl records’ resurgence has hit a new plateau, outselling CDs for the first time since 1987 as of 2022, according to a report from the Recording Industry Assn. of America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
The central plateau was his roots as an epidemiologist and a clinician, and a model of how a committed staff on a limited budget could raise the standard of health in the third world.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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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 ● Mar. 28, 2026
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
“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
The experiment revealed Shapiro steps, which are distinct voltage plateaus that appear at multiples of a driving frequency, just as they do in superconducting devices.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 23, 2025
Shadows dripped like dark purple paint down the fiery orange sides on the rocky plateaus in the distance.
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
As to the poets who made it into Dear World, there are predictable highs, plateaux and crescendi.
From The Guardian ● 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 ● Apr. 8, 2012
The lofty plateaux of Tulla, of Mexico and of Cholula, are the first victims of his desolating force.
From Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru by R?ville, Albert
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
And that has happened even as Tesla's car production numbers have plateaued.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
But revenue plateaued, and the convention pipeline was a little softer, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
By then, revenue had plateaued and Clancy and his co-hosts admitted they would rather try making money from other projects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
My stock plummeted, and by high school, it plateaued.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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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
With pandemic-era stimulus initiatives long forgotten, home prices plateauing, and investor portfolios pointing down, consumer sentiment has little reason to improve.
From Barron's ● Apr. 2, 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 ● Nov. 12, 2025
Tesla shares have fallen more than 16% this year following a series of setbacks for the company, including brand damage and plateauing interest in electric vehicles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2025
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