prevalent
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While emotional-support animals may provide a service, the promotion of pets to emotional-support status appears as prevalent as grade inflation in today’s colleges.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Government-impersonation scams have become more prevalent, with the help of AI.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 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
Plants are also adapted to the diseases prevalent at their latitude.
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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100 SAT words Beginning with "P"
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