plateau 1 of 2

as in mesa
a broad flat area of elevated land Native Americans have inhabited the plateau for centuries

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Recent Examples of plateau
Noun
In some cases, Dr. Jaffee said, the symptoms of brain injury can plateau. Dave Philipps, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025 Why Communication And Transparency Matter Even as benefit mentions plateau, clear communication remains essential in bridging the gap between employer expectations and what candidates want. Cynthia Pong, Jd, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
Verb
But experts fear that without coordinated and sustained efforts, the country will plateau at this high level of cases. Andrew Joseph, STAT, 4 Sep. 2020 Unemployment claims filed with the Texas Workforce Commission have plateaued since peaking in April. Dallas News, 5 June 2020 See All Example Sentences for plateau
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plateau
Noun
  • Down below the high mesa, a freight train blew its horn.
    Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The towering features are similar to the buttes and mesas of Monument Valley along the Arizona-Utah border.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • And these investigations seem to have been substantially complete while state lawmakers were dumping taxpayer money by the billion-gallon bucketload into funds meant to stabilize companies that were screaming poverty in the wake of the 2018 and 2019 storm seasons.
    Krys Fluker, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Analysts say Mondlane’s exclusion means the agreement will likely do little to stabilize the resource-rich Southern African country.
    Reuters, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The design was born out of founder Coco Chanel’s relationship with the Duke of Westminster: the couple vacationed together in the Scottish highlands, where sportsmen favored suits fashioned out of the woolen knit.
    Hannah Malach, WWD, 2 Mar. 2025
  • At nine o’clock in the morning, clear sunlight bathes the Potosi highlands in the state of San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
    Marina P. Asins, Architectural Digest, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • It's located on the Cumberland Plateau — a 450-mile tableland that covers much of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, with soaring sandstone walls, large boulders, and dramatic overhangs.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2023
  • Schuerman Mountain rises in west Sedona, a high tableland that offers commanding views of gaudier formations.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2021
Noun
  • In the Chilean altiplano above 12,000 feet, Meiburg spends one of the coldest nights of his life in a sleeping bag on the edge of a salt lagoon, staking out mountain caracaras known for working in groups to flip over heavy flat stones in search of edible creatures.
    Paul Kvinta, Outside Online, 2 Apr. 2021
  • The landscape changed around me; condensing from plains, desert, and mountains into the jungles of Central America, then unfolding in reverse, into the expanse of the altiplano.
    J.R. Patterson, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Feb. 2022
Noun
  • The balustrade at the far end affords one of the great panoramas of the Eternal City, with the dome of St. Peter’s etched on the horizon.
    The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Use the dome light and flashers to make your vehicle more noticeable.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacramento Bee, 2 Mar. 2025

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“Plateau.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plateau. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

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