prevalent
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The trademark right hand still carried threat, but the explosiveness, timing and confidence that once made him so dangerous were not as prevalent.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
That line of thinking became so prevalent that many MLB organizations stopped teaching the splitter altogether.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
But Arm is less prevalent in enterprise software and a wave of corporations migrating their on-premises x86 servers to Arm AGI could remedy that.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
This problem is particularly prevalent when patients are elderly, homeless, and/or struggling with mental health conditions—all situations applying disproportionately to veterans.
From Slate • Mar. 12, 2026
These attitudes and behaviors were prevalent for many decades after slavery ended, including in education.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.