everyone
Americanpronoun
pronoun
Usage
See each.
Everyone and everybody are interchangeable, as are no one and nobody, and someone and somebody. Care should be taken to distinguish between everyone and someone as single words and every one and some one as two words, the latter form correctly being used to refer to each individual person or thing in a particular group: every one of them is wrong
Etymology
Origin of everyone
First recorded in 1175–1225, everyone is from the Middle English word everichon. See every, one
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Example Sentences
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Everyone could feel it was a different match - but could Raducanu make her dominance count?
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026
Everyone knows the new Federal Reserve chairman plans to make changes, but he’ll be careful at first.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026
Everyone knew how this fight would go: Nurmagomedov would take Iaquinta down to the mat, wear him down, and eventually choke him out.
From Slate • Jun. 14, 2026
Everyone is kind of modulating their behavior based on how they are appearing out of body.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Everyone is excited for the first day of school.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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