plateau
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Global oil demand could plateau as this trend accelerates around the world.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
They found a steady rise from 2015 through 2019, followed by a plateau from 2020 to 2024, and then a sharp surge in 2025.
From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026
There is little privacy, it is miles out into the volcanic grasslands of the plateau, it did not allow pets.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
Naturalist Stephen Boyes believes massive elephants live undetected on a remote plateau in Angola; they’d be descendants of a giant pachyderm hunted and killed 70 years ago that now resides in the Smithsonian.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
When Columbus landed, Cook and Borah concluded, the central Mexican plateau alone had a population of 25.2 million.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing plateau
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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100 Great Words from "Fahrenheit 451" -- Part I Vocabulary
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