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pervade

[per-veyd] / pərˈveɪd /


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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

But with “Young Mothers,” the filmmakers pare back the desperate stakes that often pervade their movies.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

As 10-minute online deliveries by "quick commerce" apps like Zomato, BlinkIt and Zepto pervade urban India, hundreds of thousands of neighbourhood stores across cities have closed down.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2025

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

Or the organic phosphates may interact with various drugs, or with synthetic materials, food additives — who can say what else of the infinite number of man-made substances that now pervade our world?

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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