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: the quality or state of being the same : identity, similarity
2
Examples of sameness in a Sentence
the sameness of the two methods
There is a sameness to his stories that makes them too predictable.
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My eating disorder was about control, rigidity, sameness.
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Hannah Howard, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2025
Conjuring the ennui that defines the current age, Levy tells the story of two friends, their sameness, and their differences: differences in class, in ambition, in success, in ability, and the desperation that can come from growing older, and being forced to face one’s own reality.
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After years of platform dominance and algorithmic sameness, our digital world has started to feel flat.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Last week's Cruising Altitude: Are US airlines becoming a 'homogenous blob of sameness?'
Do widebody flights cost more?
Airline pricing is famously opaque but in general, flights with better seats will usually cost the same or a little more than others on the schedule for the same day.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 19 June 2025
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Hannah Howard, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2025
Conjuring the ennui that defines the current age, Levy tells the story of two friends, their sameness, and their differences: differences in class, in ambition, in success, in ability, and the desperation that can come from growing older, and being forced to face one’s own reality.
—Literary Hub
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
After years of platform dominance and algorithmic sameness, our digital world has started to feel flat.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Last week's Cruising Altitude: Are US airlines becoming a 'homogenous blob of sameness?'
Do widebody flights cost more?
Airline pricing is famously opaque but in general, flights with better seats will usually cost the same or a little more than others on the schedule for the same day.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 19 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for sameness
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“Sameness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sameness. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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