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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“Now everyone wants three 300-hp engines or more to get out to fishing holes faster,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Nesbitt told the BBC Radio Ulster's The Nolan Show Kelly was "the benchmark" for everyone who stood in front of a camera or mic at UTV.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Yet not everyone is convinced that monumental displays of faith can address what some see as a growing spiritual malaise.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
What ChatGPT did was turn AI from a narrow application into something everyone could use and identify with.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
I turn onto the road, and everyone is quiet.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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