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as in equally
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as in accurately
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Recent Examples of identically
If every single human were to die tomorrow, the chance of the Homo sapiens genome evolving identically is negligible.
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Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
She’s forever accompanied by her pet feline Marlena, who’s dressed identically to her.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
While season 1 and season 2 both started identically, there has been a dramatic falloff for season 2 now while word of mouth was spreading about season 1.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
She’s forever accompanied by her pet feline Marlena, who’s dressed identically to her.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
While season 1 and season 2 both started identically, there has been a dramatic falloff for season 2 now while word of mouth was spreading about season 1.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for identically
Adverb
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You’d be surprised at how leveled-up your loungewear becomes under a fashionable trench coat, and how swapping your overworn, pilling sweatpants for equally comfortable track pants or satin trousers turns comfy wear into a statement.—
Julia Morlino,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Jan. 2026
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Performance drivers in a shifting rate environment Interest rate expectations matter for both metals, but not equally.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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This article was updated to more accurately reflect the author’s views.—
Cristina Palacios,
The Conversation,
8 Jan. 2026
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The plays were eerily similar, with junior guards Danny Mikuta and Carter Coviello and senior forward Andrew Hoffmann sending short passes to Martin, who launched shots instantly and accurately.—
Matt Le Cren,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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The execution of the simplex algorithm from start to finish, represented geometrically, involves finding the path — from, say, the bottom vertex to the uppermost point — that involves the fewest steps or, equivalently, traces the fewest edges.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
13 Oct. 2025
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The growth will be much higher at the top and, equivalently, much lower at the bottom.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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And while many of the pages are copied verbatim from Wikipedia, there are notable changes on topics relating to Musk, his enemies and allies, and his far-right politics.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
28 Oct. 2025
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Asked if President Donald Trump believes the attack in Qatar — a mediator in ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas — undermines the ongoing negotiations, Leavitt reread the president’s statement verbatim.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
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But this view illustrates exactly why he’s expected to be anointed a superstar in Milan.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Almost exactly a year ago, another rock-era institution — the 111-year-old Morrison Hotel, featured on the cover of the Doors’ fifth studio album — was engulfed in flames after a series of smaller fires.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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Flyers should try to mitigate any headaches from delays and cancellations by avoiding booking flights with layovers, the non-profit US Public Interest Research Group says, and opt to make reservations directly with the airline rather than a third-party website.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Terry Mattingly,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025
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According to researchers at Penn State’s Materials Research Institute, the characteristics of nanotubes can be precisely tuned by selecting specific atomic compositions.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
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The result is a workforce that is smaller, less dynamic, and aging faster, precisely when adaptation to technological change requires the opposite.—
Jane Sadowsky,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Identically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/identically. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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