pervasively
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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As the National Association of Scholars will soon publish in a comprehensive piece by S. Stanley Young and Warren Kindzierski, the Reference Manual pervasively scants the effects of modern science’s irreproducibility crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
“A hostile work environment under Title VII is one where we are being harassed so severely or pervasively as to alter our conditions of employment,” the letter said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
During outbreaks of their carnivorous adult phase, crown-of-thorns starfish dine pervasively on stony coral, leaving lifeless skeletons across the reef.
From Science Daily • Oct. 18, 2023
His precious downtime included studying illustrations in magazines during a time when photographs weren’t pervasively used.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2023
The transmission of hereditary traits was just one instance of information flow—but if you looked deeply, squinting your conceptual lenses, it was easy to imagine information moving pervasively through the entire living world.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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