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
Tedros noted that Guinea-Bissau has a high prevalence of hepatitis B infection, meaning there is a significant risk that newborns who go unvaccinated in the trial could contract the disease.
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Helen Branswell, STAT, 11 Feb. 2026
County-level variation in health-care spending was explained 65 percent by service utilization, 24 percent by price differences, 7 percent by disease prevalence, and just 4 percent by age.
—Chris Pope, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
Higher intake of caffeinated coffee and tea was associated with lower prevalence of subjective cognitive decline and slightly better objective cognitive performance.
—Lindsey Leake, NBC news, 9 Feb. 2026
After tracking this data for 14 years, researchers found that those with an evening chronotype had a 79% higher prevalence of an overall poor score, meaning less than 50 points, compared to those with an intermediate chronotype.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 9 Feb. 2026
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Helen Branswell, STAT, 11 Feb. 2026
County-level variation in health-care spending was explained 65 percent by service utilization, 24 percent by price differences, 7 percent by disease prevalence, and just 4 percent by age.
—Chris Pope, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
Higher intake of caffeinated coffee and tea was associated with lower prevalence of subjective cognitive decline and slightly better objective cognitive performance.
—Lindsey Leake, NBC news, 9 Feb. 2026
After tracking this data for 14 years, researchers found that those with an evening chronotype had a 79% higher prevalence of an overall poor score, meaning less than 50 points, compared to those with an intermediate chronotype.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 9 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prevalence
Noun
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There have been other owners since, an unsuccessful switch to nonprofit status, staff upheavals, and changes in format and frequency of publishing.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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But Duvall works on a different frequency, making the corporate machinery of the network feel even more unsettling than the chaos on camera.—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The incident left the community and country in shock; school shootings are not a frequent occurrence in Canada.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Feb. 2026
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Although in an ideal world the audience for a film will be drawn from all four quadrants, that’s not a common occurrence.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
10 Feb. 2026
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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 20 Feb. 2026.
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