pervasiveness
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The excerpt below is a scene from a dinner party in which one character launches into a riff about the pervasiveness of Yotam Ottolenghi’s cookbook recipes at social gatherings.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
Core CPI sped up on a three-month seasonally adjusted basis, imported inflation accelerated and there are early signs of broadening price pressures, as evidenced by the increase in inflation pervasiveness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
"The biggest impact is really the pervasiveness of self-censorship and the sense that if you write the wrong thing... that might land you in jail," Cheng said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
Yet despite its pervasiveness in TikTok memes, “Young Sheldon” has never been much of a cultural phenomenon.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2024
Perhaps science was stillborn in Indian, Mayan and Aztec civilizations for the same reason it declined in Ionia, the pervasiveness of the slave economy.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
