: existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered: widespread
a ubiquitous fashion
ubiquitouslyadverb
ubiquitousnessnoun
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Ubiquitous comes to us from the noun ubiquity, meaning "presence everywhere or in many places simultaneously." Both words are ultimately derived from the Latin word for "everywhere," which is ubique. Ubiquitous, which has often been used with a touch of exaggeration to describe those things that it seems like you can't go a day without encountering, has become a more widespread and popular word than ubiquity. It may not quite be ubiquitous, but if you keep your eyes and ears open, you're apt to encounter the word ubiquitous quite a bit.
Hot dogs are the ideal road trip food—inexpensive, portable, ubiquitous. Paul Lucas, Saveur, June/July 2008Shawarma is the new street meat. Both a late night favourite and a quick lunch classic, the Middle Eastern dish is now ubiquitous on the streets of Toronto. Chris Dart, Torontoist, 8 Feb. 2007In major league locker rooms, ice packs are ubiquitous appendages for pitchers, who wrap their shoulder or elbow or both, the better to calm muscles, ligaments and tendons that have been stressed by the unnatural act of throwing a baseball. Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated, 26 Mar. 2007It was before the day of the ubiquitous automobile. Given one of those present adjuncts to farm life, John would have ended his career much earlier. As it was, they found him lying by the roadside at dawn one morning after the horses had trotted into the yard with the wreck of the buggy bumping the road behind them. Edna Ferber, "Farmer in the Dell,"1919, in One Basket, 1949 The company's advertisements are ubiquitous. by that time cell phones had become ubiquitous, and people had long ceased to be impressed by the sight of one See More
Recent Examples on the WebOften seen on Dieux cofounder Charlotte Palermino herself, these eye masks are ubiquitous on skincare TikTok.Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Aug. 2022 So the state has been using this as a way to monitor, not just the presence of COVID because COVID is ubiquitous, but to monitor the rise and fall of cases as a way of warning communities that an outbreak might be coming. James Brown, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2022 Out in the fields and tree lines of eastern Ukraine, drones have become ubiquitous on the Ukrainian side, outnumbering, soldiers say, Russia’s arsenal of pilotless craft. Andrew E. Kramer, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2022 On TikTok, where videos of him or about him are ubiquitous, videos posted from Tate’s actual account rarely go viral. Morgan Sung, NBC News, 16 Aug. 2022 In lower-paying jobs, the monitoring is already ubiquitous: not just at Amazon, where the second-by-second measurements became notorious, but also for Kroger cashiers, UPS drivers and millions of others.New York Times, 14 Aug. 2022 At a time several teammates have moved out of the offseason spotlight, the former All-Star guard has been ubiquitous. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2022 Almost every social-media platform offers its users an option to privatize their account—a way for people to control who engages with their content, often to avoid the judgment, schadenfreude, bullying, and snark that are ubiquitous online. Jennifer Miller, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2022 Members of Gen Z are the first to grow up in a world where the web and social media is ubiquitous. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022 See More