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’s what guides our actions for years to come, influencing not only how we see the world but how we treat everyone in it.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
You have Miles, and then you have everyone else.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
Wowed but not fooled, for everyone understood what was happening inside Muybridge’s machine: Still photos were displayed one after the other.
From Slate • May 25, 2026
What I said in August: "Why such an optimistic prediction? Newcastle have a fine side when everyone is fit."
From BBC • May 25, 2026
“Because curiosity is the parent of understanding! What do smart animals do for anyone? They walk around in love with their own brains. But curious animals… they are in love with everyone and everything else.”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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