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: the quality or state of being the same : identity, similarity
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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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Natasha Stoynoff, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Suddenly, in this endless stretch of sameness, a siren goes off.
—Carmen Maria MacHado, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
And sameness is the fastest road to mediocrity.
—Roberta Matuson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Some teachers believe such work is easy to spot because of the sameness of tone, the frequent assertion of strong points of view with little anecdotal support and the absence of typos.
—Chris Reed, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 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 10 Sep. 2025.
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