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

Leopard print’s ubiquity can be traced back decades. —Julia Teti, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025

Given the ubiquity of stories and humanity’s vulnerability to them, citizens today would be wise to practice the skills of literary analysis, the very techniques routinely derided and devalued in a world committed to technology and tribalism. —Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025

Each phase of the Internet—from networks to people to things to agents to senses to ubiquity to the quantum world—has extended and will continue to extend the foundation of connectivity. —Mallik Tatipamula, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Oct. 2025

In a society that is adamant, if hypocritical, in its moral rejection of violence, the ubiquity of such violent imagery seems to have its own kind of purpose. —David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 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