Prevalent is an English word with synonyms like prevailing or rife. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Prevalent meaning
- Widespread or preferred.
- Superior in frequency or dominant.
Synonyms of Prevalent
Using Prevalent
- The main meaning on this page is: Widespread or preferred. | Superior in frequency or dominant.
- Useful related words include: prevailing, rife, current.
- In the example corpus, prevalent often appears in combinations such as: prevalent in, more prevalent, most prevalent.
Context around Prevalent
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Prevalent
- In this selection, "prevalent" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, system, less, current, issues, disabling and mainly stand out and add context to how "prevalent" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include address current prevalent issues in and and more prevalent. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "prevalent" sits close to words such as ensured, justices and nixon, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with prevalent
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
BQ.1.1 remains the second most prevalent strain at 9.4 per cent. (14 words)
As our population continues to age, diseases like cancer will become more and more prevalent. (15 words)
But Powell stressed that the weaknesses at the bank were not prevalent across the entire system. (16 words)
Both Juliet Rylance's Della Street and Chris Chalk's Paul Drake have been given significant storylines, and at times Chalk has found the whole thing a bit depressing, noting how many of the issues faced by his character are still prevalent today. (43 words)
But he predicted that recycling will become more prevalent when the number of end-of-life panels rises to the point where it presents a business opportunity, providing recyclers with valuable materials they can sell. (35 words)
According to research, testicular cancer happens to be more than twice as prevalent in firefighters than in the general public, and firefighters are three times as likely to die from it. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
According to local sources, the Angadiya System is an ancient banking system prevalent in the country, particularly in the jewellery business, and prominently observed in Delhi, Gujarat, and Mumbai.
According to research, testicular cancer happens to be more than twice as prevalent in firefighters than in the general public, and firefighters are three times as likely to die from it.
Additionally, some heart conditions that can occur in men are more prevalent in women, such as takotsubo cardiomyopathy – commonly known as broken heart syndrome -- which can be triggered by stress.
AI and Machine Learning Integration: AI-powered firewalls are becoming more prevalent, as they can identify and respond to anomalies in real time, mitigating potential threats effectively.
Alongside cost-effectiveness and programmatic characteristics, she reinforced that a PCV should be suitable to protect against strains that are prevalent in the Philippines.
Although filler episodes have become less prevalent as the series has continued, that doesn't mean they haven't continued to pop up throughout One Piece post-timeskip.
As has been the practice in the past, the topics to be discussed this year were specially selected to address current prevalent issues in society.
As it stands, the manifest legal ambiguities that plague IP are so prevalent that attorneys want the Supreme Court to establish some clarity.
As our population continues to age, diseases like cancer will become more and more prevalent.
A stifling defense, an underrated offensive line (although the injury to Aaron Banks does sting), elite weapons, and a genius head coach are all prevalent on the 49ers’ roster.
A study undertaken by the Global Burden of Disease found headache disorders among the most prevalent disabling conditions worldwide.
At the county level, Catholics are most prevalent mainly in New Mexico and in Texas along the Rio Grande.
BioRestorative Therapies was founded by scientists and researchers committed to developing stem cell therapies to address unmet needs in patients with highly prevalent conditions.
Bone and joint disorders, which are more prevalent in the winter, can be greatly helped by methi (dry or sprouting).
Both Juliet Rylance's Della Street and Chris Chalk's Paul Drake have been given significant storylines, and at times Chalk has found the whole thing a bit depressing, noting how many of the issues faced by his character are still prevalent today.
BQ.1.1 remains the second most prevalent strain at 9.4 per cent.
But Amy Nofziger, director of the American Association of Retired Persons fraud victim support network, told me companies impersonating telecom providers - Spectrum and Comcast in particular - were especially prevalent.
But he predicted that recycling will become more prevalent when the number of end-of-life panels rises to the point where it presents a business opportunity, providing recyclers with valuable materials they can sell.
But Powell stressed that the weaknesses at the bank were not prevalent across the entire system.
But remembering guns are as prevalent as you've noted, then there are a gazillion times when a gun lives its life without ever being used nefariously, or negligently.
Common combinations with prevalent
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- prevalent in 52×
- more prevalent 38×
- most prevalent 23×
- is prevalent 12×
- as prevalent 11×
- prevalent among 11×
- so prevalent 10×
- are prevalent 9×
- particularly prevalent 9×
- the prevalent 9×