: presence everywhere or in many places especially simultaneously : omnipresence

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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 Looming over all of this is the question of electability—a ubiquity in politics that is especially intense in a state that looks central to Democrats’ hopes of reclaiming the Senate. Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 7 July 2026 But the company is still waiting for the Japanese live-action title that will become a bona fide global smash — a hit to rival Squid Game or FX’s Shogun for pop-cultural ubiquity. Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026 The Microsoft 365 Copilot AI assistant has yet to gain anything approaching ubiquity in the business world, and the GitHub Copilot coding agent has ceded market share to newer players. Jordan Novet, CNBC, 2 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 16 Jul. 2026.

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