: presence everywhere or in many places especially simultaneously : omnipresence

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Despite the seeming ubiquity of its advertising, Liberty is not the sector’s biggest backer of ads. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 July 2026 Across the country, people have been up in arms about the increasing ubiquity of AI data centers, but now a proposal to build a massive AI plant just steps from the Nashville Zoo has brought the subject of animal rights into the fray. Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 16 July 2026 The other major change in casting horror is the ubiquity of self-taping, which Nayor sees as a positive for the genre. Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 16 July 2026 But their former ubiquity suggests an age when Americans had the inclination and ability to read serious works of literature. Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for ubiquity

Word History

Etymology

Latin ubique everywhere, from ubi where + -que, enclitic generalizing particle; akin to Latin quis who and to Latin -que and — more at who, sesqui-

First Known Use

1572, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ubiquity was in 1572

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“Ubiquity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ubiquity. Accessed 24 Jul. 2026.

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