ubiquity

noun

ubiq·​ui·​ty yü-ˈbi-kwə-tē 

: presence everywhere or in many places especially simultaneously : omnipresence

Examples of ubiquity in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Since the dawn of the internet and the ubiquity of digital media and smartphones, our greatest challenge has become distractions. —Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026

The holdouts span the generation gaps, uniting elderly and middle-aged enclaves born in the pre-internet times with the digital natives raised in the era of online ubiquity. —Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025

Our writers have spent the year probing the limits of human consciousness and gene-editing technology, studying the ubiquity of microplastics, investigating the origins of a mysterious ALS outbreak, and even chasing down rubble from the White House’s demolished East Wing. —The Atlantic Science Desk, The Atlantic, 27 Dec. 2025

The new ubiquity of this stance seems likely to diminish the standing of the man who first perfected it. —Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025

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

Rhymes for ubiquity

• antiquity
• iniquity
• obliquity