as in prevalence
the rate at which something happens
They found an increased incidence of crime in the city when social programs were cut.
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Recent Examples of incidence
The study, which included more than 3,800 postmenopausal women, compared the incidence of heart disease, anxiety, depression, Alzheimer’s disease and obesity among women taking the two types of therapies.
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Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 29 Oct. 2025
What the team found was that always or frequently listening to music was associated with the greatest benefits, with a 39% lower incidence of dementia and 17% lower incidence of cognitive impairment.
—New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2025
Last month, two elk hunters were killed by lightning in Colorado, which also has a high incidence rate, after sheltering under a tree during a storm.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 24 Oct. 2025
As China’s economy has grown, so too has its incidence of adultery.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
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Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 29 Oct. 2025
What the team found was that always or frequently listening to music was associated with the greatest benefits, with a 39% lower incidence of dementia and 17% lower incidence of cognitive impairment.
—New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2025
Last month, two elk hunters were killed by lightning in Colorado, which also has a high incidence rate, after sheltering under a tree during a storm.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 24 Oct. 2025
As China’s economy has grown, so too has its incidence of adultery.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incidence
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There are growing calls for Congress to re-enter the sports betting arena, particularly due to concerns about the prevalence of college students betting on sports and the addictive qualities of gambling.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Gender differences in immunity may also explain the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease in women.—
Jocelyn Solis-Moreira,
Flow Space,
7 Nov. 2025
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Although the study shows that the occurrence of giant planets declines as stars age, the few planets that remain in close orbits around red giants offer valuable insights.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Some of the adverse events reported in the trial were gastrointestinal disorders and certain infections, but the occurrence of these events was similar across both groups.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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These storms can cause intermittent satellite navigation issues and high-frequency radio disruptions, as well as voltage corrections in power systems, particularly at high latitudes.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Many of them fled to the cities from their rural, coastal home villages because the increasing frequency of disasters like floods, riverbank erosion and cyclones, also due to climate change, made their already fragile livelihoods untenable.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Incidence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incidence. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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