as in frequency
the fact or state of happening often
the prevalence of rumors when hard information is withheld from the public
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Recent Examples of prevalence
The prevalence of weight loss medications has made a difference in the filler world too.
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Kara Nesvig, Allure, 27 Oct. 2025
This reflects not just Seehorn's charm and Gilligan’s frustrations with antiheroes, but also his anxiety about the prevalence of postapocalyptic sci-fi stories.
—Judy Berman, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
One unexpected finding, according to Banks, has been the prevalence of undiagnosed sleep apnea among participants.
—Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Assessing the prevalence of weapons that circulated in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries poses challenges.
—Clifton Crais, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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Kara Nesvig, Allure, 27 Oct. 2025
This reflects not just Seehorn's charm and Gilligan’s frustrations with antiheroes, but also his anxiety about the prevalence of postapocalyptic sci-fi stories.
—Judy Berman, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
One unexpected finding, according to Banks, has been the prevalence of undiagnosed sleep apnea among participants.
—Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Assessing the prevalence of weapons that circulated in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries poses challenges.
—Clifton Crais, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prevalence
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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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The robot also serves as an inspection agent, alerting operators whenever unexpected occurrences or safety issues are detected in the warehouse area, according to a press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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Emilee Chinn / Getty Images In a rare World Series occurrence, the benches cleared Saturday at Rogers Centre in response to a verbal exchange between Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Justin Wrobleski and Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Andrés Giménez.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Wiseman's frequence collaborator, cinematographer John Davey, will also be a guest of Camerimage.—
Carolyn Giardina,
The Hollywood Reporter,
2 Oct. 2017
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“Prevalence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prevalence. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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