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!
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For a century, the Grand Ole Opry has been the beating heart of country music, a stage where tradition and innovation share the same spotlight.
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—William Harwood, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
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Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
Sammi Ekmark Co-founder, Ink’d Greetings While many student athletes are forced to play catch-up after university, Ekmark says that the qualities that make a great athlete are the same qualities that make a great entrepreneur.
—Ernestine Siu, CNBC, 17 Nov. 2025
For a century, the Grand Ole Opry has been the beating heart of country music, a stage where tradition and innovation share the same spotlight.
—Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Nov. 2025
The upper stage then carried out two firings of its single engine before releasing the 2,600-pound Sentinel-6B into an 830-mile-high orbit tilted 66 degrees to the equator, the same orbit used by Sentinel-6A and earlier sea level-monitoring spacecraft.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
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“The same.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20same. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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