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every one

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pronoun

  1. each person or thing in a group, without exception

    every one of the large cats is a fast runner

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Each and every one told me if they found themselves in a position to help a stranger in need, they would do so — no matter who that person was.

From Salon Sep. 18, 2026

“For every one dollar I’m spending on the technology, am I spending an equal and opposite dollar on the change management, the reskilling and upskilling?” she asked.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Global climate models cannot track every one of the vast number of relatively small floes covering the Arctic.

From Science Daily Sep. 18, 2026

We visit shows in Dublin, Manchester, Sao Paolo, Tokyo and New York - and every one has a fan with a personal story to tell.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

The problem, he felt certain, was that some gargantuan, unknown dollar amount of credit default swaps had been bought and sold on every one of them.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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