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n. - The quality of filling or spreading throughout.

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  • The pervasiveness of the odor of cabbage in tenement hallways
  • The value of a positional advantage is inversely correlated to its pervasiveness, which is directly correlated to its equity.
  • 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.
  • The danger, she said, was in the pervasiveness of these stories.
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