prevalent
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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
Those types of storms have been increasingly prevalent in recent years, fueling powerful winter storms even without the presence of El Niño.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
One potential solution becoming more prevalent is livestreamed shows, which can be watched without walking out of your front door.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
The rapid growth of mobile devices has made Arm the most prevalent instruction set in the world and has created a huge ecosystem of chips, software, and developers.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
These attitudes and behaviors were prevalent for many decades after slavery ended, including in education.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
Vocabulary lists containing prevalent
30 GRE Words Beginning with "P"
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100 SAT words Beginning with "P"
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