How to Use prevalence in a Sentence

prevalence

noun
  • Jones doesn't sort for prevalence.
    — Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • Now, to be clear, this is not prevalence data.
    — Michael Alvear, STAT, 2 Mar. 2026
  • These rates are quite a bit higher than the strict prevalence of 5%.
    — Carol Mathews, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Estimates of its prevalence are all over the place.
    — Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Its prevalence has led to growing drug abuse in Gulf Arab states.
    — Timour Azhari, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Autism prevalence does vary by location, though.
    — Joshua Anbar, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The prevalence of such dismissiveness seems to be on the wane.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
  • The prevalence of war, not just its persistence, could now be our future.
    — Paul Poast, The Atlantic, 17 Nov. 2023
  • For 4-year-old children, the prevalence is lower.
    — Stephanie Innes, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Sticking with onions, a quick flip through the books on my desk revealed the prevalence of the paradox.
    — Yotam Ottolenghi, New York Times, 22 May 2024
  • Could this explain the apparent gulf in the prevalence of bad tastes and rebound?
    — Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic, 26 May 2022
  • And the prevalence and the power of the most extreme wildfires are growing.
    — Paulina Smolinski, CBS News, 24 June 2024
  • The prevalence of school shootings makes Aly worry about her own son’s future.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The first is distrust, hence the prevalence of a flat, over-it style that wouldn’t dare rise to the level of caring.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 7 June 2026
  • One problem is the prevalence of crime, drug use, and homelessness on the trains and at the stations.
    — Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
  • But also data on prevalence of the parasite in the blood of children and so on.
    — Quanta Magazine, 10 July 2025
  • One study found that the prevalence of depression among retirees is about 29%.
    — CBS News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • In some places, such as New York, the prevalence of omicron is at over 90%.
    — Anna Buchmann, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Dec. 2021
  • How does the prevalence of old houses in a county correspond with the cost of housing there?
    — oregonlive, 8 Mar. 2022
  • But just because there's less awareness and prevalence doesn't mean the disease can't change the course of a single life.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2021
  • The prevalence of weight loss medications has made a difference in the filler world too.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Mexico is ranked as the third-worst country in the world in terms of the prevalence of organized crime.
    — Nathaniel Parish Flannery, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The prevalence of scams and fraud in the crypto space highlights the importance of due diligence.
    — Tyler Shepherd, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Teaching Kitchen is a good fit for the show because of food’s prevalence in manga and anime.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Oct. 2021
  • The paper went viral, prompting more in-depth research on the prevalence of the practice.
    — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Others measure prevalence, or the number of people who live with the disease.
    — Brandi Jones, Health, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The morning people, on the other hand, had a five percent lower prevalence of poor heart health scores.
    — Outside, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The prevalence of smoking in Ohio has been linked to overall low life-expectancy and health rates.
    — Danae King, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
  • Those numbers show a rapid increase in the variant's prevalence across the US.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Meanwhile, early birds had a five percent lower prevalence.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 30 Jan. 2026

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