pervasive

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Recent Examples of pervasive Burnout is a pervasive state of physical and emotional depletion. Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025 Because seeing friends and family take inconvenient steps to slow climate change pushes against the sense of pervasive silence. Saul Elbein, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025 The anonymity of the internet, the complexity of digital financial systems, and the rapid pace of technological innovation make fraud a pervasive, billion-dollar problem for financial institutions and their customers. Gus Tomlinson, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025 But the overall impact of these demands would be pervasive federal monitoring of how the university is governed. The Editors, National Review, 16 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pervasive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pervasive
Adjective
  • Having heard widespread praise for Marsh around the league, Cardoso was sold by the end of her first phone call with her new coach.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025
  • With the potential to revolutionize numerous areas of life, these machines are poised to attract widespread attention from investors, corporations, governments and consumers.
    Anton Alikov, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Primaries not needed Spanberger and Earle-Sears can both skip competing in a primary and will instead head straight into the general face-off.
    Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Two days later, general manager Julien BriseBois began his mid-season media session by pointing out how strong the Bolts, victorious in only six of their previous 15 games, were in many key categories.
    Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Outside of California, valley fever is also prevalent in Arizona and some areas of Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Texas, as well as parts of Mexico and Central and South America.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
  • As digital payments become prevalent, security is paramount.
    Bindesh Pandey, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In addition to its brand new placements, OVO also returns to a familiar home: the Official Physical Albums chart.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Kaye’s version, if the full title isn’t clear enough, has a familiar outline: First-gen immigrants become parents in the West, hoping their sacrifices will be rewarded with a doctor or lawyer child; child goes another way; conflict ensues.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025

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“Pervasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pervasive. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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