Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being pervasive.
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- noun The state or quality of being
present in all parts of a particular thing or place.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of filling or spreading throughout
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Examples
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Stories and their pervasiveness is the kind of stuff which keeps changing pending the immediacy of transitory needs the mind is quick to invent to keep the story interesting and in control of you.
Page 2 2007
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Stories and their pervasiveness is the kind of stuff which keeps changing pending the immediacy of transitory needs the mind is quick to invent to keep the story interesting and in control of you.
Page 2 2007
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Stories and their pervasiveness is the kind of stuff which keeps changing pending the immediacy of transitory needs the mind is quick to invent to keep the story interesting and in control of you.
Page 2 2007
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A testament to the "Series of Tubes" meme's pervasiveness is its inclusion in an AT&T FastAccess business DSL tech support manual.
"Series Of Tubes," Mario Reference, Found In ATT Manual - The Consumerist 2008
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I know that this politics as religion isn’t anything new, Jonah Goldberg’s Liberal Fascism gives clear examples dating back at least to the 1930s, but I feel that some confluence of the internet, current events, and President Bush really spread the faith among the left (and I’m sure there are politically religious conservatives as well, but where I see the pervasiveness is the left).
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It’s not much different from ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition), the difference (currently) is only in pervasiveness, but the invasive factor is a constant.
Personal Location Systems « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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Leaving aside Levine’s unintentionally amusing academic dutifulness —” I have been able to view this episode of the Match Game, along with many others, in syndicated repeats on the Game Show Network” — the book does map genuine cultural change and find meaning in an ephemeral medium that, despite its pervasiveness, is too often regarded as unfit for serious study.
Cover to Cover 2007
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Leaving aside Levine’s unintentionally amusing academic dutifulness —” I have been able to view this episode of the Match Game, along with many others, in syndicated repeats on the Game Show Network” — the book does map genuine cultural change and find meaning in an ephemeral medium that, despite its pervasiveness, is too often regarded as unfit for serious study.
Cover to Cover 2007
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The value of a positional advantage is inversely correlated to its pervasiveness, which is directly correlated to its equity.
Works in progress: Frank Pasquale Rebecca Tushnet 2006
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Today, the media landscape barely resembles that of the late '70s, but the so-called "pervasiveness" concept arising from Pacifica -- the idea that broadcasting is an unstoppable "intruder" in the home -- lives on.
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