prevalence
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Since 1,374 brains weren’t examined, the true prevalence of CTE isn’t known but could be substantially higher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Disease prevalence rates in the region have risen for the past 20 years or more, after a period when they had dropped off thanks to regulations limiting miners' exposure to coal dust.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
The prevalence of dating apps and our ability to follow someone else’s every move on social media have zapped the honeymoon period’s lifespan.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
This could help explain its prevalence in Risaralda, Chocó and Valle del Cauca, neighbouring departments that either are home to, or border, large Afro-Colombian populations.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 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
"Obviously poverty is likely to play an important role, but other countries with similar per capita incomes have lower prevalences of child stunting," said Doak.
From Reuters ● Feb. 4, 2013
Given a world without religious faith, in full social revolution, with possibilities of wealth and power dangled before every man's eyes—what can you expect but the prevalences of a more or less ferocious egoism?
From Our Friend the Charlatan by George Gissing
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