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prevalence

[prev-uh-luhns] / ˈprɛv ə ləns /


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"Despite these limitations, the findings of this meta-analysis have major public health implications, given the alarming global increase in hypertension prevalence," they wrote.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

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

The department said that while numbers have risen, the higher overall prevalence rate is also partly due to a decline in the total number of schoolchildren.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

The explanation, Bohr recognized, lay in the prevalence of distinct uranium isotopes.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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