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prevalent

[prev-uh-luhnt] / ˈprɛv ə lənt /




Usage

What are other ways to say prevalent? Something that is prevalent exists or is spread widely: a prevalent idea. That which is current is in general circulation or a matter of common knowledge or acceptance: current usage in English. That which is prevailing is that which has superseded others: prevailing fashion.

Example Sentences

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As a youth, Rodríguez Castro spent much of his time at his grandfather’s house enthralled with the macho atmosphere of guns and bodybuilding prevalent in Raúl Castro’s security detail.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Rachel said the problem does not just affect the health services and is prevalent across society.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

The report, based on two years of Medi-Cal data, suggests that the state is moving in the wrong direction even as eye problems become more prevalent among kids.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 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

Rather than insisting that there was no such thing as magic, they began to merely suggest that perhaps magic was not as prevalent as it once was.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo




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