How to Use one and the same in a Sentence

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• But sometimes, the hard things and the right things are one and the same.
  — Jaime Catmull, Forbes, 18 May 2022
• In fact, to our way of thinking, craziness and courage were one and the same.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2023
• Yes, the scales are vastly different, but, to me, the essence is one and the same.
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2024
• Only time will tell, but maybe that car and the F44 end up being one and the same.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 24 Mar. 2025
• What if doing the laundry and having a treat were one and the same?
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2024
• For most of history, those things were one and the same—but no longer.
  — Ethan Brooks, The Atlantic, 14 Dec. 2023
• In my memory, in similar trickery, the man on the screen and the man on the barstool look one and the same.
  — Brooks Kubena, The Athletic, 2 Aug. 2024
• Ultimately, the seasons of life and death are one and the same.
  — Lisa P. Rimland, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2024
• In our most new, cherished, and untouched mind, mother and child are one and the same.
  — Hazlitt, 31 July 2024
• But voters just showed how these issues are one and the same—and that Democrats are the ones speaking to them.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 10 Nov. 2022
• White-knuckle terror and punchlines can be one and the same.
  — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 16 July 2024
• Mental health and physical health are one and the same.
  — Tara Chalakani, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
• His larger-than-life persona knew no confines; art and life were one and the same.
  — Emily Labarge, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
• Police have not said whether the shooting suspect and the man arrested in 2021 are one and the same.
  — Mitch Smith, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Nov. 2022
• Often, all these things are one and the same gardening job.
  — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 15 Aug. 2023
• But the longer this goes, and the more uncomfortable this gets, the more likely those two things become one and the same.
  — Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
• Chemistry and consistency are maybe one and the same on this team.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2023
• Being only a year apart in age, the dogs are essentially one and the same.
  — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
• Fighting smallpox and fighting the British, in Washington’s eyes, were one and the same.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 30 July 2021
• That was Colin's Chevy truck, proving, the detective said, that the man in the video and Colin Dudley were one and the same.
  — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2023
• Chrome and Google Search are not one and the same, albeit both carry privacy risks.
  — Zak Doffman, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
• Many people view branding and marketing as one and the same.
  — Aimee Meester, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
• Dictatorships want to make people, each and every one of us, one and the same.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
• But, if the map was correct, then my home town and Hog Island were essentially one and the same.
  — David Garczynski, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2022
• Sometimes, the originator and servicer are one and the same.
  — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 26 June 2025
• The fanbase and the club are not one and the same thing.
  — Dan Kilpatrick, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
• The Patriots’ game plan for Houston and the game plan against Stroud will be one and the same.
  — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 17 Jan. 2026
• By making the two beauties one and the same!
  — The Know, Denver Post, 11 Jan. 2026
• For decades, Big Tobacco and Big Food were in many cases one and the same.
  — Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2025
• Many times, these types of people are one and the same, making this list the perfect blend of both categories.
  — Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025