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Noun
As a result of the strong growth in low-carbon energy sources, the IEA said, global emissions of carbon dioxide from the electricity sector are expected to plateau in the coming three years.—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025 Consensus, including among Chinese commentators, is that China's crude oil demand may plateau before the end of the decade.—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Verb
The tide had gone out, and she was stood on the edge of a large plateau of rock covered in seaweed—a desolate black field.—James Rebanks
june 26, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025 As subscriber levels plateau, especially in North America, Netflix has been turning to advertising as a key new revenue source.—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for plateau
Less than an hour later, Adams and Bailey were leading us all across a mesa top to witness the moment that sunlight hit Fajada Butte.
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Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
14 July 2025
The park’s trails lead across red rock cliffs, piñon-juniper woodlands, and high-desert mesas with panoramic views in every direction that glow gold and orange at sunrise or sunset.
Following President Trump’s announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, European benchmark TTF gas prices fell by 14% and began stabilizing in the pre-conflict price range.
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Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
Critics point to crime, loitering, vandalism That puts each apartment building on the frontlines of a controversial effort to get the poorest of the poor stabilized.
The new locale is all about communing with nature, offering up plenty of spaces for guests to immerse themselves even further in the volcanic highlands.
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Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
22 July 2025
Popular expat retirement venues include Boquete, a town in the highlands with a somewhat cooler climate; the capital of Panama City; Coronado on the Pacific Coast; and the inland city of David.
The tableland was formed by volcanic eruptions about 700,000 years ago, according to the Bishop Chamber of Commerce and Information Center.
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Don Sweeney,
Sacramento Bee,
11 Mar. 2025
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.
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.
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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.
World Atlas recommends touring the bronze bell foundry, solar towers and concrete domes.
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Shelby Slade,
AZCentral.com,
21 July 2025
The United States has entered the peak of summer and a new heat dome — sealing in all that hot, humid air — is about to make millions of people feel every bit of it.
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