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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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What makes his writing distinctive is not its sameness but rather its range and variety.
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Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Everyone can participate without drowning in a sea of sameness, à la the Labubu epidemic of 2025.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 10 Oct. 2025
Between that and the fact that Swift, in costume, is the only figure in them (though she’s often multiplied), there’s a samey-sameness to the presentation that starts to make the effect into that of a single extended video.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
That tension between chance and control, the composer’s command over so many swarms of sound, gives the work both its overwhelming scope and its disappointing sense of sameness.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Everyone can participate without drowning in a sea of sameness, à la the Labubu epidemic of 2025.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 10 Oct. 2025
Between that and the fact that Swift, in costume, is the only figure in them (though she’s often multiplied), there’s a samey-sameness to the presentation that starts to make the effect into that of a single extended video.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
That tension between chance and control, the composer’s command over so many swarms of sound, gives the work both its overwhelming scope and its disappointing sense of sameness.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 1 Oct. 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 19 Oct. 2025.
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