exact same

idiom

variants or US same exact
used as a more forceful way to say "same"
We grow the exact same vegetables in our garden every year.
They showed up at the party in the same exact outfits.

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Republicans provoked a shutdown at the exact same point in the calendar in 2013 over defunding Obamacare — and the polls at that time were bad for the GOP. Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2025 And the differences between Jones and Johnson aren’t the exact same as those now between Jones and Parsons. Jon MacHota, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025 Effective brands do the exact same thing. Jed Brewer, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025 Each tester followed a specific set of instructions to ensure the exact same testing process for every shoe pair. Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for exact same

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“Exact same.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exact%20same. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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