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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Who is doing the most good when, ostensibly, everyone is trying to do the right thing, acting within their rights as parents or arms of the government?
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
“I apologise to all that were directly or indirectly affected, as well as to everyone who felt like we did not handle the situation like we should have,” Fürste wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
While everyone argues about whether AI will eventually bring about the apocalypse, hundreds of billions of dollars are being spent building the infrastructure underneath it.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Walmart by 1981 was already a Wall Street darling valued at over $1 billion, but its promise was selling everything to everyone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
“I’m so glad you all came! I can’t wait to hear what everyone thinks,” Candace says.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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