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
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
What they’re mixed on, however, is whether the substance is particularly overlooked or prevalent in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
What’s Next: 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 7, 2026
True, it had been noticed that skin cancer was prevalent among workers exposed to arsenic fumes in copper smelters and tin foundries in Cornwall and Wales.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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Vocabulary lists containing prevalent
30 GRE Words Beginning with "P"
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