ubiquity

noun

ubiq·​ui·​ty yü-ˈbi-kwə-tē How to pronounce ubiquity (audio)
: presence everywhere or in many places especially simultaneously : omnipresence

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Next, create ubiquity by stocking the brand across every conceivable grocery store shelf. Oisín Hanrahan, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026 Given the bill’s expansive definition of AI and the ubiquity of apps, websites and tools that include some degree of advanced computing, entities that want to comply with this right may clutter the internet with disclosures. Kevin Frazier, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026 The ubiquity of the state’s homelessness has become one of its most distinctive traits—a haunting tableau of its unaffordability and social disorder. Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026 Yet despite these plastic particles’ ubiquity, scientists have struggled to determine exactly how many of them are in our atmosphere. K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 22 Jan. 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 1 Feb. 2026.

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