How to Use prevalent in a Sentence

prevalent

adjective
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  • Those teaching methods are still prevalent at some schools.
  • 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
  • If the rain is more prevalent, the chances for thunder decrease.
    — oregonlive, 4 June 2020
  • At the same time, late spring frosts seem to be both more severe and more prevalent.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 11 June 2022
  • As the city grows, the need for more roadways will become prevalent.
    — Dallas News, 12 Dec. 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
  • Cleveland office keeps track of the most prevalent scams.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 11 Jan. 2022
  • The current vaccine protects against all three of the most prevalent strains.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 28 Jan. 2018
  • No genre of music is as prevalent as hip-hop at the moment.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2019
  • And that chemistry is really prevalent in each of the episodes.
    — Matt Goulet, Esquire, 14 Feb. 2018
  • The most prevalent pollen was cedar and juniper, followed by elm.
    — Sarah Brookbank, The Enquirer, 18 Mar. 2021
  • As with genes, some of those new forms become more prevalent over time.
    — Cathleen O'Grady, Ars Technica, 3 Nov. 2017
  • The feature was more prevalent among men than among women.
    — nola.com, 22 June 2019
  • Coal ash is one of the most prevalent forms of industrial waste.
    — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2017
  • Black crime is even more prevalent in the country’s largest cities and counties.
    — Michael Harriot, The Root, 16 Feb. 2018
  • In the northern, more rural parts of the state, hunting is more prevalent.
    — Lisa Marie Pane, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Apr. 2018
  • That gives a sense that the virus is more prevalent than other illnesses.
    — Benjamin Yount, Washington Examiner, 11 Mar. 2020
  • The disease is also thought to be rather prevalent among sportsmen.
    — SI.com, 18 Jan. 2018
  • And that’s also why dry eye is more prevalent in women than in men.
    — Catie Wegman, sun-sentinel.com, 8 July 2019
  • People know that omicron is prevalent and cannot be controlled in the near term.
    — Arkansas Online, 24 Dec. 2021
  • Palm oil and coconut oil are the two most prevalent examples.
    — Joe Brown, Men's Health, 28 Feb. 2022
  • And nowhere are cyber threats more prevalent than on our smartphones.
    — Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2020
  • Anti-Blackness is prevalent on both sides of the aisle.
    — Patrice Lawrence, CNN, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Fogs, which are sometimes prevalent along the coast, seldom reach this place.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Great white sharks have been prevalent in the Truro area recently.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 31 Aug. 2018
  • The downs have been a lot more prevalent, at least offensively.
    — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Leaf spots and fruit rots are likely to be more prevalent in vegetable gardens as well.
    — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Since then, more studies have shown just how prevalent the metal is in game meat.
    — Greg Stanley, Star Tribune, 12 Mar. 2021
  • This is more prevalent in rural areas, where the virus is now spreading.
    — Aniruddha Ghosal and Sheikh Saaliq, Star Tribune, 17 Sep. 2020

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