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very same

idiom

: exact same
I told the very same story.

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This means the very same material can be designed to have a different lifespan just by tweaking the angles. Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 29 Nov. 2025 Her lifelong best friend Mac (Kristoffer Polaha) also finds himself at the Opry and manages to also take the leap back in time on that very same pew. Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2025 Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva, D-Fullerton, breaks out a special green decorative bowl — the same one her grandmother used for the very same recipe — to make a matching green Jell-O fruit salad that includes walnuts and Cool Whip. Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 26 Nov. 2025 Medieval Christians looked at the very same phenomenon and imagined it as a reflection of divine will, the transformation of a wriggly worm into a flying jewel an earthly reminder of the transfiguration of Jesus to Christ. Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for very same

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“Very same.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/very%20same. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.

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