A trough/the lowest point/It hit the lowest point. /It reached a trough.
For example
1. The figure had a sharp
fall to hit the lowest point, with 32% in 1879.
2. The trend for overseas students reached a trough in 2010.
Fluctuation
Whenever a number or a figure keeps changing and goes up and down, it
fluctuates.
Nouns, verbs, and phrases to describe a fluctuation:
A fluctuation/a variation/fluctuate(d)/vary (varied)/It showed changes.
/change(d)/It was unstable. /It had a period of instability.
/oscillate(d)/oscillation(s)
For example
1. The interest rate oscillated wildly over the given period.
2. The trend for college graduates fluctuated
marginally for the past
three years.
Plateau
Plateaus occur when a number stops going up or down and stabilizes for a
while. There are some ways to describe these movements.
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