one and the same
idiom
: one person or thing and not two
The restaurant's owner and chef are one and the same (person).
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We have been conditioned to believe that the job title and the full-time person are one and the same.
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Pranav Dalal, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Following Kirk’s death, Bolsonaro’s allies flooded social media with tributes, framing him as a martyr of their same global struggle, another notch on the narrative that their fight and Trump’s are one and the same.
—Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
In del Toro's version, the creature and Victor are essentially one and the same.
—Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
Family members and victims’ next of kin — who in this case are one and the same — can join in remotely too.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025
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Pranav Dalal, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Following Kirk’s death, Bolsonaro’s allies flooded social media with tributes, framing him as a martyr of their same global struggle, another notch on the narrative that their fight and Trump’s are one and the same.
—Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
In del Toro's version, the creature and Victor are essentially one and the same.
—Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
Family members and victims’ next of kin — who in this case are one and the same — can join in remotely too.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025
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“One and the same.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one%20and%20the%20same. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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