1
as in identical
resembling another in every respect
I bought the same shirt at the mall for five dollars less
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2
as in very
being one and not another
that's the same guy I saw down at the beach yesterday
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Recent Examples of same
But those could be underestimated because, at the same time, actual air temperatures soared into the low triple digits in these same locations and humidity was high.
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Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
3 July 2026
Julia, what was the highlight from your Masterclass with legendary German filmmakers Jutta Brückner and Margarethe von Trotta – and Christoph, same question for your session with Toni Servillo?
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Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
3 July 2026
Spiro borrows part of that message from the famous poet Nikki Giovanni, who recorded her poem of that same name as a song in 1975 with producer Arif Mardin, making for the only sample or interpolation on the album.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
3 July 2026
Through this operation, law enforcement delivered that same message to human traffickers.
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Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
3 July 2026
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Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
3 July 2026
Julia, what was the highlight from your Masterclass with legendary German filmmakers Jutta Brückner and Margarethe von Trotta – and Christoph, same question for your session with Toni Servillo?
—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
3 July 2026
Spiro borrows part of that message from the famous poet Nikki Giovanni, who recorded her poem of that same name as a song in 1975 with producer Arif Mardin, making for the only sample or interpolation on the album.
—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
3 July 2026
Through this operation, law enforcement delivered that same message to human traffickers.
—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
3 July 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for same
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The lineup is essentially identical to that of the nation's game against Croatia on Tuesday.
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An employee running fifty unchecked queries looks identical, on a dashboard, to one running five after working the problem first.
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Meneghetti invites guests to slow down, relax, be present in their surroundings, and experience something genuine and understated rather than staged—the very essence of Istria.
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Becoming synonymous with the very idea of the dictionary wasn’t by any means a given for Webster.
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The arrests come a few weeks after 12 men were taken into custody in a similar sting operation in Miami-Dade.
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The Boyle Heights blaze, similar to the Eaton and Palisades fires, has revealed the region’s air monitoring can’t always tell people what they’ve been exposed to in a disaster.
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Through facilitated forums and advisory ecosystems, the organization builds environments where owners can test ideas, evaluate risk, and gain perspective from peers navigating comparable pressures.
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Winner may not substitute, assign or transfer Prize or redeem Prize for cash, but Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to substitute Prize (or portion thereof) with one of comparable or greater value.
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Moreover, the timeline for doing all this is roughly analogous as well – a matter of weeks, once the fissile material is in hand.
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The timelines are just different, and finding analogous industries to benchmark defense companies against is not easy.
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“Same.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/same. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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