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adjective

pervasive

CEFR C2

spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people

In a sentence

Six example sentences with pervasive, each labelled with its topic.

  • Screens are so pervasive now that a family of four carries seven of them into a single restaurant.

    Technology

  • Microplastics turned out to be pervasive, found in Arctic ice, in rainwater, and in soil from every continent sampled.

    Environment

  • The bassline became so pervasive that year that four of the top ten singles were built on the same eight notes.

    Music

  • The smell of roasting garlic was pervasive, reaching the upstairs bedrooms an hour before dinner was ready.

    Cooking

  • A pervasive habit of late-night email spread from one team to the whole company within a year of the merger.

    Business

  • Distrust of the census became so pervasive that whole neighborhoods left the forms unanswered on their doormats.

    Politics

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