prevalent
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Age discrimination has become prevalent in the workplace, even if it’s hard to prove.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
"I would have been 13 at the time. I do not recall the first time I saw it exactly, because it was very prevalent as a meme," Parsons told AFP.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
But salt being so prevalent in our food means campaigners think the responsibility for cutting it out has to lie with the people making it.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
He then compared classes with more AI-exposed tasks, most prevalent in humanities and engineering disciplines, with classes less reliant on writing and coding work.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
That boat design represented a major advance over the simple dugout canoes prevalent among traditional peoples living on inland waterways throughout the world.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing prevalent
30 GRE Words Beginning with "P"
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