cut from the same cloth

phrase

: very similar to each other
Our mothers were cut from the same cloth.
The country's new president is cut from the same cloth as his predecessor.

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The DualPlay Mini is first and foremost a Windows gaming handheld, cut from the same cloth as Acer’s existing Predator Atlas 8 (which is being joined this week by a new 7-inch model). Dominic Preston, The Verge, 2 Sep. 2026 Fields was the bigger-bodied boundary receiver Notre Dame coveted, cut from the same cloth as Miles Boykin and Chase Claypool before him. Pete Sampson, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 The similarly incisive Black Money for White Nights, by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov, is very much cut from the same cloth, set in the same post-Soviet black-market economy where everyone is on the take. Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 July 2026 These two of the most prolific scorers in high school basketball history in Ohio are cut from the same cloth. Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cut from the same cloth

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“Cut from the same cloth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cut%20from%20the%20same%20cloth. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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