How to Use prevalent in a Sentence

prevalent

adjective
  • Those teaching methods are still prevalent at some schools.
  • How prevalent is bird flu right now?
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Why does autism seem more prevalent here than back home?
    — CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Drought is prevalent, food is scarce, and, yes, there are fires.
    — Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2025
  • White clover blooms are the most prevalent in lawns and can reseed.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Are lies more prevalent on text or email than on the phone or in person?
    — Christian B. Miller, CNN, 25 June 2024
  • As with genes, some of those new forms become more prevalent over time.
    — Cathleen O'Grady, Ars Technica, 3 Nov. 2017
  • At the same time, late spring frosts seem to be both more severe and more prevalent.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 11 June 2022
  • Vater was caught up in a re-shipping scam, one of the most prevalent forms of mail fraud.
    — Mark Davis, kansascity, 30 May 2018
  • It’s been prevalent in China for many years.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 19 Aug. 2025
  • But the practice may not have been as prevalent in recent years.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
  • This is a very hard pest to control and is most prevalent in the summer.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
  • And that’s also why dry eye is more prevalent in women than in men.
    — Catie Wegman, sun-sentinel.com, 8 July 2019
  • That subject has become even more prevalent in the past year.
    — Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2025
  • As the city grows, the need for more roadways will become prevalent.
    — Dallas News, 12 Dec. 2022
  • If the rain is more prevalent, the chances for thunder decrease.
    — oregonlive, 4 June 2020
  • Meanwhile, in Foxboro, snow was just as prevalent.
    — Chad Graff, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The space theme is also prevalent in the glasses in which the drinks were served.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Amidst such debates, the most prevalent point was the idea of consent.
    — Jill Gutowitz, Glamour, 16 Jan. 2018
  • The most prevalent pollen was cedar and juniper, followed by elm.
    — Sarah Brookbank, The Enquirer, 18 Mar. 2021
  • The condition is four times more prevalent among boys than girls.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The humor was prevalent all the way throughout that.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 June 2026
  • So far, the most prevalent attacks on the study have been about its substance.
    — Keren Landman, The Atlantic, 24 May 2025
  • Heat pumps are prevalent in Nordic countries.
    — Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Black crime is even more prevalent in the country’s largest cities and counties.
    — Michael Harriot, The Root, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Yes, the idea has long been prevalent that a lady should be able to conceal her age.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The most prevalent colors, aside from orange, were green and red.
    — Latif Love june 25, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026
  • Lifestyle moves may not have slowed, but moves for better jobs are much less prevalent.
    — Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • Fogs, which are sometimes prevalent along the coast, seldom reach this place.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Snow covers the roads, and avalanche danger is prevalent.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2025

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