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: the quality or state of being the same : identity, similarity
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Examples of sameness in a Sentence
the sameness of the two methods
There is a sameness to his stories that makes them too predictable.
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This sameness limits emotional catharsis, even as the bucolic setting invites it.
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Jillian Steinhauer, New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2025
The firm identifies this ongoing sameness as one of the biggest threats to the industry, which is leading to a rise in trends that are pushing for the opposite.
—Emily Burns, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2025
Perhaps because much of mass‑made culture has been forgettable, original work stands out even clearer against the backdrop of sameness, and audiences begin to demand more of it.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2025
Amid all this change, department stores started to seem rather old-fashioned, a sea of sameness offering tired brands in badly lit, boilerplate stores where everything seemed to eventually end up in the discount bin.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
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Jillian Steinhauer, New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2025
The firm identifies this ongoing sameness as one of the biggest threats to the industry, which is leading to a rise in trends that are pushing for the opposite.
—Emily Burns, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2025
Perhaps because much of mass‑made culture has been forgettable, original work stands out even clearer against the backdrop of sameness, and audiences begin to demand more of it.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2025
Amid all this change, department stores started to seem rather old-fashioned, a sea of sameness offering tired brands in badly lit, boilerplate stores where everything seemed to eventually end up in the discount bin.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sameness
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“Sameness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sameness. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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