What is it called when you learn something and then see it everywhere?

This phenomenon is called the Baader–Meinhof phenomenon or the frequency illusion.

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What type of documents does Scribbr proofread?: Scribbr specializes in editing study-related documents. We proofread:

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What plagiarism and AI detection software does Scribbr use?: Scribbr uses advanced plagiarism detection technology similar to the software used by most universities and publishers, ensuring you receive the same or very similar results.

The add-on AI detector is powered by Scribbr’s proprietary software and is capable of detecting texts generated by ChatGPT, Perplexity and other generative AI tools with high accuracy.
Which citation software does Scribbr use?: The Scribbr Citation Generator is developed using the open-source Citation Style Language (CSL) project and Frank Bennett’s citeproc-js. It’s the same technology used by dozens of other popular citation tools, including Mendeley and Zotero.

You can find all the citation styles and locales used in the Scribbr Citation Generator in our publicly accessible repository on Github.