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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The sooner everyone understands that, the better for all of us.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
It raised a toast to the crazy ones, told everyone to think different, sold billions of phones, banked trillions of dollars and filled our drawers with a gazillion white cables.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
“Not that many companies out there that have this kind of moat, which is a global wallet that everyone recognizes.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
"It affects everyone because these toxins and heavy metals enter the body directly," he told AFP, describing "burning eyes, phlegm, and nasal inflammation."
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
When at last everyone sat down, Mama’s eyes, Betsie’s, and mine were brimming with tears.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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