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
Examples of level off in a Sentence
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But now, with home price growth leveling off, the playing field is leveling out too, putting more buyers in the driver’s seat, experts say.
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Rob Wile, NBC News, 24 Mar. 2024
There is a chance your friend’s excitement about newfound wealth will level off — nice, new things will become the new normal and no longer a topic of conversation.
—Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
After the deal was announced, the stock shot up 31% but those gains quickly leveled off.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024
Having more is fine, but happiness tends to level off after $700,000 due to the Plateau Effect.
—Wes Moss, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
If immigration were held to the level of the Trump years, the U.S. population would level off in about 15 years and go down after that.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2024
But as the world reopened — and people resumed spending on dining out, travel, concerts and other things that were previously off-limits — savings rates have leveled off.
—Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
For example, the number of AI cores on the chip has significantly leveled off, as has the amount of memory and the internal bandwidth.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Mar. 2024
Due to the constant barrage of cold fronts in the South during the winter, the region’s primarily shallow-water fisheries lack the stability needed to level off their water temperatures in the 65- to 72-degree range that’s ideal for spawning there.
—Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 21 Feb. 2024
Rob Wile, NBC News, 24 Mar. 2024
There is a chance your friend’s excitement about newfound wealth will level off — nice, new things will become the new normal and no longer a topic of conversation.
—Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
After the deal was announced, the stock shot up 31% but those gains quickly leveled off.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024
Having more is fine, but happiness tends to level off after $700,000 due to the Plateau Effect.
—Wes Moss, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
If immigration were held to the level of the Trump years, the U.S. population would level off in about 15 years and go down after that.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2024
But as the world reopened — and people resumed spending on dining out, travel, concerts and other things that were previously off-limits — savings rates have leveled off.
—Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
For example, the number of AI cores on the chip has significantly leveled off, as has the amount of memory and the internal bandwidth.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Mar. 2024
Due to the constant barrage of cold fronts in the South during the winter, the region’s primarily shallow-water fisheries lack the stability needed to level off their water temperatures in the 65- to 72-degree range that’s ideal for spawning there.
—Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 21 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1917, in the meaning defined above
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“Level off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/level%20off. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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