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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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After enduring a stifling sea of sameness in the basic design of the iPhone since the iPhone X, Apple’s new line of iPhone 17s finally brings a very diverse and distinctive breadth of offerings to people looking for an iPhone.
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Bob O’Donnell, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Reichman explained that people in the luxury segment aren't comfortable with buying a vehicle with the level of sameness as those shopping for mass market models.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
And yet, underneath at their core, the sameness of these two men resonated.
—Natasha Stoynoff, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Suddenly, in this endless stretch of sameness, a siren goes off.
—Carmen Maria MacHado, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
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Bob O’Donnell, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Reichman explained that people in the luxury segment aren't comfortable with buying a vehicle with the level of sameness as those shopping for mass market models.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
And yet, underneath at their core, the sameness of these two men resonated.
—Natasha Stoynoff, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Suddenly, in this endless stretch of sameness, a siren goes off.
—Carmen Maria MacHado, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 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 16 Sep. 2025.
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