Definition of sameness
1 : the quality or state of being the same : identity, similarity
2 : monotony, uniformity
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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.
Recent Examples of sameness from the Web
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The thrill of discovering the unique look and feel of a roadside motel was replaced by assurances of sameness by hosts from coast to coast.
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Cowperthwaite can’t stave off sameness long enough.
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One of the chief complaints over Seattle’s construction boom has been the unrelenting sameness of many of the new buildings popping up.
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One of the chief complaints over Seattle’s construction boom has been the unrelenting sameness of many of the new buildings popping up.
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One of the chief complaints over Seattle’s construction boom has been the unrelenting sameness of many of the new buildings popping up.
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One of the chief complaints over Seattle’s construction boom has been the unrelenting sameness of many of the new buildings popping up.
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Two decades ago, critics derided Irvine for its cookie-cutter tracts and stultifying sameness.
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After that, the essays begin to betray a fatal sameness.
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First Known Use of sameness
1581
SAMENESS Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of sameness for English Language Learners
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: the quality or state of being alike or of not changing
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