level off
verb
leveled off or levelled off; leveling off or levelling off; levels off
: to approach or reach a steady rate, volume, or amount : stabilize
expect prices to level off
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The labor-force participation rate has leveled off after a post-Covid boom, and the US immigration policy rate may soon become more restrictive, limiting potential new labor market participants.
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Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 25 June 2024
La Niña may eventually have somewhat of a cooling effect on the world’s oceans, potentially leveling off some of the out-of-control heating of the past year.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 14 June 2024
Stephen Edelstein Acceleration is peppy, with the motor pulling more strongly at low speeds and gradually leveling off in accelerative effort.
—Stephen Edelstein, Ars Technica, 9 Apr. 2024
From 1900 to 2012, U.S. life expectancy at birth rose from 47 to 79 years but then leveled off, and in both 2015 and 2016, life expectancy at birth for all Americans declined slightly.
—Ronald Inglehart, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2018
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Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 25 June 2024
La Niña may eventually have somewhat of a cooling effect on the world’s oceans, potentially leveling off some of the out-of-control heating of the past year.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 14 June 2024
Stephen Edelstein Acceleration is peppy, with the motor pulling more strongly at low speeds and gradually leveling off in accelerative effort.
—Stephen Edelstein, Ars Technica, 9 Apr. 2024
From 1900 to 2012, U.S. life expectancy at birth rose from 47 to 79 years but then leveled off, and in both 2015 and 2016, life expectancy at birth for all Americans declined slightly.
—Ronald Inglehart, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2018
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“Level off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/level%20off. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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