as in prevalence
the fact or state of happening often
the frequency of twins in that family is remarkable
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The frequency of milk testing varies widely across the United States, even within the states enrolled in the USDA program.
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Suzy Khimm, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2025
The three staunch supporters of Kyiv stopped purchases of power from Russia following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, but have relied on the Russian grid to control frequencies and stabilize networks to avoid outages.
—Reuters, CNN, 9 Feb. 2025
Standing at 2 feet and 0.8 inches tall and weighing 83.8 pounds, this robot achieves a peak stride frequency of five times per second.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2025
Anything with the mixture of frequencies in a Beethoven symphony would be too extreme.
—Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 7 Feb. 2025
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Suzy Khimm, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2025
The three staunch supporters of Kyiv stopped purchases of power from Russia following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, but have relied on the Russian grid to control frequencies and stabilize networks to avoid outages.
—Reuters, CNN, 9 Feb. 2025
Standing at 2 feet and 0.8 inches tall and weighing 83.8 pounds, this robot achieves a peak stride frequency of five times per second.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2025
Anything with the mixture of frequencies in a Beethoven symphony would be too extreme.
—Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Frequency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frequency. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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