1
as in same
being one and not another
both families wanted the identical puppy and weren't accepting the argument that its littermates were just as good
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2
as in similar
resembling another in every respect
identical dresses whose only difference is a designer label that fetches a high price
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Recent Examples of identical
The two identical charts annotate the setup in different ways.
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Carter Braxton Worth,
CNBC,
26 June 2026
Cassidy then returned to the Capitol to vote against a separate but nearly identical war powers resolution.
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Mary Clare Jalonick,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2026
The war powers measure blocked by the Senate on Wednesday was on a separate track from the nearly identical resolution adopted on Tuesday, which had also been passed by the House.
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Lisa Mascaro,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2026
The owners likely would be unwise to roll out identical offers over and over.
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Evan Drellich,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
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Carter Braxton Worth,
CNBC,
26 June 2026
Cassidy then returned to the Capitol to vote against a separate but nearly identical war powers resolution.
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Mary Clare Jalonick,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2026
The war powers measure blocked by the Senate on Wednesday was on a separate track from the nearly identical resolution adopted on Tuesday, which had also been passed by the House.
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Lisa Mascaro,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2026
The owners likely would be unwise to roll out identical offers over and over.
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Evan Drellich,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for identical
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That same series, outfielder Alex Call thanked Roberts and the Dodgers hitting coaches for conversations that set him up for a breakout in Minnesota.
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That same week, Musk became the world’s first trillionaire following SpaceX’s record-breaking $75 billion IPO.
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The arrests come a few weeks after 12 men were taken into custody in a similar sting operation in Miami-Dade.
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The Boyle Heights blaze, similar to the Eaton and Palisades fires, has revealed the region’s air monitoring can’t always tell people what they’ve been exposed to in a disaster.
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Through facilitated forums and advisory ecosystems, the organization builds environments where owners can test ideas, evaluate risk, and gain perspective from peers navigating comparable pressures.
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Winner may not substitute, assign or transfer Prize or redeem Prize for cash, but Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to substitute Prize (or portion thereof) with one of comparable or greater value.
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To some investors, the current moment is analogous to the dotcom bubble of the late 1990s.
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The four-year ban is analogous with the maximum punishment for intentional doping.
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To advance pass President’s Reagan & Obama, the S&P 500 Index needs to be at 9,291 (DJIA equivalent to 67,274) with average annual performance of 14% over this term.
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The Snyder fire, located 13 miles west of Grand Junction on Colorado’s Western Slope, remained the largest active fire in the state with a 30,165-acre footprint, equivalent to 47 square miles, as of Monday evening.
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“Identical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/identical. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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