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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"It is important that everyone in America also sees what is really happening," Zelensky said on social media.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
I was there when Musk surprised everyone with the new Roadster’s original reveal—a “one more thing” moment at a time when Tesla needed some Steve Jobs magic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
Evans, watching the exchange, regards his wife’s difficulty following the joke as further evidence that her mind simply works differently from everyone else’s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Part of the way the law fails women is through the narrative that what I’m calling “overentitlement” is actually in line with what everyone wants and is consenting to.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
“What did everyone else say when you showed it to them?”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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