: presence everywhere or in many places especially simultaneously : omnipresence

Examples of ubiquity in a Sentence

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On Wednesday’s conference call, Zuckerberg and Li can be heard absolutely salivating at the money to be made this way, as Muse gets marketed toward ubiquity. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 Even on the spring runway, labels and designers like Carolina Herrera, Bottega Veneta and more incorporated the style statement, highlighting the trend’s ubiquity. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026 The ubiquity of the internet and social media have introduced more Americans to the concept. — Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026 Successful authors once boasted of the number of languages into which they were translated, but that is no longer seen to be a marker of ubiquity—not because English-language work isn’t read but because the Anglosphere has grown. — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 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 25 Oct. 2026.

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