pervasive
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It’s hard to say how pervasive the phenomenon is, but the examples available to AI leaders so far have them concerned.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
The pervasive nature of the threat has Jews continually thinking about it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
When everyone is writing about an outbreak of a disease, no matter how isolated, it can feel more pervasive and widespread than it actually is.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
The idea that nearly everyone born on the land became a citizen was so pervasive as to have a name: jus soli, or “the right of the soil.”
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Multiply these daily frustrations by a few billion, and you begin to see that the curse of knowledge is a pervasive drag on the strivings of humanity, on a par with corruption, disease, and entropy.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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