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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

The survey described the pervasiveness of homelessness in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

Testing for H5N1 as well could reveal “the pervasiveness of this virus almost overnight.”

From Science Magazine • Apr. 30, 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