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prevalence

[prev-uh-luhns] / ˈprɛv ə ləns /


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Both films are disarmingly earnest studies of the prevalence and importance of memory in lives steeped in grief.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

The platform’s decision to remove Zillow listings in Illinois—and parts of Indiana, Iowa and Wisconsin—is one of the most extreme responses yet in a feud over the growing prevalence of private listings.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

"In the United States, the prevalence of frailty in the non-nursing home population ages 65 and older is about 15%," Kirkwood says.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

The DoH reports each year on the prevalence of autism - including asperger syndrome - in schoolchildren in Northern Ireland.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

But there existed in the Western world an element that baffled and frightened the Communist party: the prevalence of self-achieved literacy.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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