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as in equally
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as in accurately
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Recent Examples of identically
Everything was laid out identically to Star Fox 64, with controls and combat that felt virtually the same.
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Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 2 June 2026
Finally, the sample of respondents who completed all questions in the survey was weighted identically as well as to the result for the 2026 general election horse-race question (including voters leaning a certain way) on the full sample.
—New York Times, 21 May 2026
Essentially, each type of peptide has a unique function—not all peptides function identically.
—Brianna Peters, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2026
In Game 4 between the Nuggets and Wolves, the first half finished identically -- with an 8-0 run and a heave from Murray.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026
Aside from that, the bats performed nearly identically in terms of how much force was transferred to the incoming balls.
—New Atlas, 6 Apr. 2026
The two of them posted this together, identically.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Apr. 2026
The artist created these tabletop works by slicing disks of walnut into identically sized strips and reassembling the pieces to form undulating fans.
—Katherine Rochester, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2026
The top nine lines up identically on Global Excl.
—Gary Trust, Billboard, 30 Mar. 2026
Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 2 June 2026
Finally, the sample of respondents who completed all questions in the survey was weighted identically as well as to the result for the 2026 general election horse-race question (including voters leaning a certain way) on the full sample.
—New York Times, 21 May 2026
Essentially, each type of peptide has a unique function—not all peptides function identically.
—Brianna Peters, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2026
In Game 4 between the Nuggets and Wolves, the first half finished identically -- with an 8-0 run and a heave from Murray.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026
Aside from that, the bats performed nearly identically in terms of how much force was transferred to the incoming balls.
—New Atlas, 6 Apr. 2026
The two of them posted this together, identically.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Apr. 2026
The artist created these tabletop works by slicing disks of walnut into identically sized strips and reassembling the pieces to form undulating fans.
—Katherine Rochester, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2026
The top nine lines up identically on Global Excl.
—Gary Trust, Billboard, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for identically
Adverb
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Writing in the New York Times, Harvard economist Jason Furman was equally blunt, having previously argued that reforms to Social Security and Medicare to eliminate their actuarial deficits must be a central pillar of any serious deficit-reduction framework, not an afterthought.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
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During our costume panel, Field explained that her designs had to pull equally from comic book and Old Hollywood influences.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
17 June 2026
Adverb
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The potential benefits of more inclusive workplaces are 2SLGBTQIA+ professionals better placed to develop and produce diverse Canadian stories to more accurately reflect multicultural audiences at home and worldwide.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2026
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No one has ever seen — or, perhaps more accurately, heard — him like this before.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
17 June 2026
Adverb
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Comparing equivalently aged devices, the gap is clear.—
Janhoi McGregor,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Yet all the while, the entropy within that volume — because the Universe expands adiabatically, or equivalently, isentropically — remains constant.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Apr. 2026
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For decades, the Self Sufficiency Standard, whose definition voters later approved verbatim as the True Cost of Living, has measured the real cost of meeting basic needs across more than 700 household types and neighborhoods.—
Aldrin Rafael Bonilla,
New York Daily News,
27 May 2026
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That framing landed almost verbatim in the press coverage that followed.—
Zachary Utz,
STAT,
15 May 2026
Adverb
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Debating the ‘Suez moment’ As the two sides enter into the next phase of negotiation, observers are watching closely for what exactly the US gained from a conflict that took a heavy global economic toll.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
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From Louis through the book, and then his mother knows exactly how to string him along, when to give him love and when to take it away.—
Precious Fondren,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
Adverb
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Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson just stopped Haiti's best opportunity to score all night, on a corner kick that found the head of Haiti's Ade and deflected backward on an angle directly into the goal.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
20 June 2026
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Artists pay no fee to participate, and the full dollar from each sale goes directly to them.—
Ray Campos,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
Adverb
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Her focus on designing efficient production strategies and fostering new opportunities for the sector places her at the intersection of creative development and industrial infrastructure — precisely the combination the archipelago’s growing ambitions demand.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
19 June 2026
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According to stats assembled by Jay Ritter, the University of Florida professor who is the world’s leading expert on IPOs, the percentage increase precisely matches the average bump over the last several decades.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
19 June 2026
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“Identically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/identically. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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