How to Use prevalence in a Sentence
prevalence
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The prevalence of Achilles tears in the NFL has increased between three- and five-fold.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
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But there’s nothing inevitable about the prevalence of gun deaths in the U.S.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2024
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In some places, such as New York, the prevalence of omicron is at over 90%.
—Anna Buchmann, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Dec. 2021
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The study assessed the prevalence of more than 200 keywords.
—Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 25 Aug. 2023
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The district is among the first in the Bay Area to do so, spurred by the growing prevalence of fentanyl.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
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Hate speech, the prevalence of hate speech, the presence of hate speech on Facebook now stands at 0.05%.
—NBC News, 10 Oct. 2021
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And the prevalence and the power of the most extreme wildfires are growing.
—Paulina Smolinski, CBS News, 24 June 2024
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Sticking with onions, a quick flip through the books on my desk revealed the prevalence of the paradox.
—Yotam Ottolenghi, New York Times, 22 May 2024
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For some readers, the discovery of the prevalence of DWB may be new.
—Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2022
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Its prevalence has led to growing drug abuse in Gulf Arab states.
—Timour Azhari, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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The prevalence of garbage-in garbage-out (GIGO) can rear its ugly head.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 July 2023
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The prevalence of scams and fraud in the crypto space highlights the importance of due diligence.
—Tyler Shepherd, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2024
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Could this explain the apparent gulf in the prevalence of bad tastes and rebound?
—Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic, 26 May 2022
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Mexico is ranked as the third-worst country in the world in terms of the prevalence of organized crime.
—Nathaniel Parish Flannery, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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But just because there's less awareness and prevalence doesn't mean the disease can't change the course of a single life.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2021
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Statistics on the prevalence of Irish twin births in the United States are lacking.
—Pamela Prindle Fierro, Parents, 29 July 2024
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Teaching Kitchen is a good fit for the show because of food’s prevalence in manga and anime.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Oct. 2021
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In Alaska’s most populous cities, the prevalence of TB is low.
—Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Nov. 2021
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The prevalence of smoking in Ohio has been linked to overall low life-expectancy and health rates.
—Danae King, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
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How does the prevalence of old houses in a county correspond with the cost of housing there?
—oregonlive, 8 Mar. 2022
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The salt flats, with their prevalence of food, are one of the most important stopover points for these birds in the entire Caribbean.
—Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2021
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To understand the prevalence of Alzheimer's across the US, researchers conducted a first-of-its-kind study.
—Cathy Cassata, Health, 27 July 2023
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One study found that the prevalence of depression among retirees is about 29%.
—CBS News, 28 Feb. 2023
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The prevalence of war, not just its persistence, could now be our future.
—Paul Poast, The Atlantic, 17 Nov. 2023
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The prevalence of school shootings makes Aly worry about her own son’s future.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2024
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The dire course of the disease, and its prevalence, have led to a rush of investment in potential treatments.
—Jeffrey Toobin, CNN, 26 Sep. 2021
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In this study, the prevalence of canine cognitive dysfunction among all the dogs, young and old, was 1.4%.
—Jan Hoffman, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022
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Entrepreneurship is a key measure of the report, so the prevalence of young firms helps buoy rankings.
—Worth Sparkman, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
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On the other hand, Vietnamese, Chinese, Filipino and Indian older adults have higher prevalences of self-care disability.
—Claire Wang, NBC news, 11 June 2025
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Genetics are just one piece of the puzzle; environmental factors also influence eczema prevalence and how well the condition can be diagnosed and managed.
—Lynya Floyd, Allure, 23 May 2025
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