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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When EsDeeKid, who raps with a Scouse accent and only ever reveals his eyes, burst on to the scene last year everyone was convinced he was Timothée Chalamet.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
He urged everyone to list specific interests that showed personality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
"What we're doing here is a superhuman attempt to keep everyone safe," she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
Didn’t they circulate scores of drafts for everyone to see?
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
“Thank you for the flowers,” Joey says as everyone gathers around.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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