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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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Although this exact pair isn’t on sale, this pair from the same brand is, and they’re made from the exact same material. Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2025 The various approaches all reconstructed the exact same 238,000-base-pair circular genome. Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 24 Nov. 2025 Earlier this year, the conference fined the Colorado Buffaloes $50,000 after fans delivered the exact same chant when playing against BYU at Folsom Field. Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025 Despite the gross lack of safety parts in the batteries, great care had clearly gone into making sure the counterfeit labels had the exact same shade and markings as the original manufacturer’s, Jeevarajan says. Andrew Moseman, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Nov. 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 30 Nov. 2025.

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