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My sense of plateau as a colloquialism is that it implies a flattened peak before a descent. Elvis plateau'd in the 50s.
by throwawaycuriou 4y ago
My sense of plateau as a colloquialism is that it implies a flattened peak before a descent. Elvis plateau'd in the 50s.
- geocrasher 4y agoThe dictionary's sense of Plateau: a level of attainment or achievement [1] What you're describing is, as you've said, a peak. Sure, Elvis peaked in the 50's, then it was a steady decline (not a plateau) since then. [1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plateau https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plateau