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pervasiveness

[per-vay-siv-nis] / pərˈveɪ sɪv nɪs /
NOUN
prevalence
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The accessibility and pervasiveness of betting platforms makes the possibility of corrupting jurors a real risk, said University of Chicago law professor M. Todd Henderson.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

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

"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

The survey described the pervasiveness of homelessness in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 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


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