prevalence

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Lesley, a registered nurse, said the prevalence of CTE "hasn't really been established because of the complex diagnostic criteria".

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Parents send in stool samples and the companies return detailed analyses of the types and prevalence of various microbes found.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

These included educational attainment, median household income, racial composition, average temperature and relative humidity, smoking prevalence, BMI, and distance to the nearest hospital.

From Science Daily • Feb. 24, 2026

But California Adventure’s prevalence of dressed-up county fair-like rides failed to command crowds.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Together with “The Internet is ruining the language” and “People write gibberish on purpose,” this is the explanation I hear most often for the prevalence of bad writing today.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker