Definition of "peaking" []

• Present participle of peak. (verb)

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• "But we don't currently burn much natural gas for producing electricity - it's too expensive to use except in peaking plants."
• "There is danger in peaking too soon during the 36-race marathon."
• "I think the choice to go silver instead of gold or guns was probably a combination of Ted Butler and David Morgan discussions on silver deficit and industrial destruction and my own strong belief in peaking natural resources, it just made sense that something in high demand with inadequate supply and a growing unbalance in realtion to the value of gold had to be a good investment."