the same
noun
1
: someone or something that is exactly like another person or thing being discussed or referred to
He ordered the salmon, and I had the same.
All of your classmates have begun their projects, and I suggest you do the same.
The band's last album was a bunch of bubble-gum pop, and their new release is just more of the same.
2
: exactly like each other or very similar to each other
The lunch specials are always the same.
No two fingerprints are ever the same.
3
: someone or something that has not changed : something that is exactly like it was at an earlier time
After the accident, he was never quite the same again.
Things would never be the same without you!
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Lisa Frizell, Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2026
Drew Fielder - Senior forward Fielder’s decision to leave the program after just one year is both surprising and perhaps not at the same time.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 6 Apr. 2026
More open conversations about menopause and the period leading up to it — called perimenopause — are happening at the same time that marketing has been supercharged by social media.
—ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
The Clippers have the same record as the Portland Trail Blazers but now own the eighth spot in the standings via tiebreaker, having won two of the three games between the teams.
—Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
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“The same.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20same. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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