pervade
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Bell Labs, the legendary research-and-development organization, created foundational innovations like transistors that pervade the modern world.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, however, the concepts of individualism and self-sufficiency began to pervade U.S. culture and politics.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2025
“And I just don’t think it will be controlled. I think it will pervade the culture.”
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024
Speaking to the BBC on a break from work, she says images of bodies in Maui pervade her social media feeds.
From BBC • Aug. 12, 2023
Medical men and even the general public were becoming aware that the human environment was inhabited by an enormous number of microorganisms capable of causing disease, just as today carcinogens pervade our surroundings.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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