the same

noun

1

: someone or something that is exactly like another person or thing being discussed or referred to

He ordered the salmon, and I had the same.

All of your classmates have begun their projects, and I suggest you do the same.

The band's last album was a bunch of bubble-gum pop, and their new release is just more of the same.

2

: exactly like each other or very similar to each other

The lunch specials are always the same.

No two fingerprints are ever the same.

3

: someone or something that has not changed : something that is exactly like it was at an earlier time

After the accident, he was never quite the same again.

Things would never be the same without you!

Examples of the same in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Many eclipse chasers ignored South America's total solar eclipse in 2019, which was short and predicted by some to be cloudy, for a slightly longer, supposedly clearer one in 2020 in almost the same place. —Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 May 2026

But Colorado didn’t help itself for a lot of the same reasons the Nuggets didn’t on the other side of the river. —Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 May 2026

Our desire to see each other can remain the same but the means of doing so have to be flexible. —R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2026

What Bianchi failed to mention is the same standard should also be applied to the Magic’s president of basketball operations, Jeff Weltman. —Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2026

Rhymes for the same

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