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prevalence
noun
The quality of prevailing generally; being widespread
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noun
The quality of prevailing generally; being widespread
“He was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future”
noun
A superiority in numbers or amount
“A preponderance of evidence against the defendant”
noun
(epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population
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He was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future
A preponderance of evidence against the defendant
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