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pervasiveness

[per-vey-siv-nis] / pərˈveɪ sɪv nɪs /
NOUN
prevalence
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"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

Jason Andersen, vice president and principal analyst at Moor Insights and Strategy, agreed that AWS’s pervasiveness inside the enterprise does give its AI solutions an advantage over competitors.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 2, 2025

Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as ‘The Blood Knot’ and “‘Master Harold” … and the Boys.’

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2025

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




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