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Recent Examples of plateau
Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 29 Nov. 2024
The nationwide opioid crisis continues to plague California — even as individual counties record a plateau in deaths related to drug overdoses.
—Jasmine Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2024
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
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However, 2023 data indicates donations are beginning to plateau.
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But experts fear that without coordinated and sustained efforts, the country will plateau at this high level of cases.
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Photograph: Backcountry Deuter Kid Comfort Active Carrier for $203 ($67 off) Backcountry My kid started his hiking career in this pack, which carried him from the mountains of Colorado to the hot barren mesas of Chaco Canyon.Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
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The area with the greatest foot traffic includes roughly 7,000 square miles that encompasses beaches, mesas, an inland mountain range, canyons and high desert.Bethany Blankley | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Oct. 2024
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Russia has made gains in the Donetsk region, and other areas that Ukraine had previously been able to stabilize.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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The sudden martial law declaration rattled financial markets amid the political uncertainty in Asia’s fourth largest economy, which the government is scrambling to stabilize.Chad de Guzman, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024
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The bagpipes and highlands do not scream Colonial Williamsburg.Lincee Ray, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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The southern two-thirds of the planet, called the southern highlands, has lots of very old craters.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024
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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
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Schuerman Mountain rises in west Sedona, a high tableland that offers commanding views of gaudier formations.Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2021
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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
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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
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If you’re pulled over at night, turn on your interior dome light or reading lights.Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
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Related Articles The company will also cover the arcade’s ceiling with a chain of lights, surrounding the existing municipal coat of arms that stands at the center of the dome.Sandra Salibian, WWD, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Plateau.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plateau. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.
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