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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But perhaps most important is that Kirk’s dominant voice, via his podcast and his ubiquity on social media, has earned him credibility among conservatives as a die-hard Trump devotee. Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2025 So there’s an urge to call those episodes something, and thanks to Community and TV Tropes and the increasing ubiquity of online TV discourse, the term bottle episode has been floating around, ready for the (inaccurate) taking! Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025 And that’s not even taking into account the ubiquity of their presence: More than 73% of the US food supply is ultraprocessed. Erica Sloan, SELF, 6 Feb. 2025 This total ubiquity of access to the attentional pull of our phones is genuinely new. Stuart Miller, Orange County Register, 3 Feb. 2025 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 23 Feb. 2025.

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