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Something prevalent is common in a particular place at a particular time. Prevalent things are hard to avoid. When you see the word prevalent, think "It's everywhere!"
Have you ever noticed how all of a sudden a new word, band, or hairstyle will become super-popular? You may never have seen those things before, and then suddenly they're prevalent. When something is common, it's prevalent. You could say drug use is prevalent among criminals. You could say good study habits are prevalent among good students. If a certain opinion is common, then that's a prevalent view in society.
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USAGE EXAMPLES
This time, serotype 2 was less prevalent among patients, drawing the vaccine's overall efficacy rate higher.
Reuters(Jul 10, 2014)
It’s prevalent, to be sure, although research has shown that stigmatizing obesity can actually contribute to increasing obesity rates.
Salon(Jul 10, 2014)
Crops wilted and hay shortages were prevalent across a large swath of the state.
Washington Times(Jul 09, 2014)
So what’s the likelihood that these sorts of partnerships will become more prevalent?
Forbes(Jul 09, 2014)
Nor was the smell of weed prevalent in the orderly crowd.
Seattle Times(Jul 09, 2014)
adjmost frequent or common
Synonyms:
dominant, predominant, prevailing, rife
frequent
coming at short intervals or habitually

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