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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Let’s make the Blue Jackets our pick for the team that’s all over the place in preseason predictions and ends up frustrating everyone by finishing with the exact same number of points as last year. Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025 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 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 15 Oct. 2025.

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