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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as in identity
the state of being exactly alike
the identicalness of your answers to your friend's suggests that someone copied
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Recent Examples of identical
James Abbott, Space.com, 27 May 2025
According to the Department of Health, the girls were believed to be the first identical triplets to be born in Tasmania in a decade.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 26 May 2025
This past offseason, the identical Yates twins have taken their game a step further, helping Nantucket become one of the strongest programs in most defensive categories.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 24 May 2025
Earlier this month, another woman, Rachel Marie Warner, 23, of Las Vegas, was arrested in a nearly identical case.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 21 May 2025
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Adjective
Design: This lens is identical to the hybrid primes that are part of the same group, with only the weight between the lens options being different.
—James Abbott, Space.com, 27 May 2025
According to the Department of Health, the girls were believed to be the first identical triplets to be born in Tasmania in a decade.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 26 May 2025
This past offseason, the identical Yates twins have taken their game a step further, helping Nantucket become one of the strongest programs in most defensive categories.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 24 May 2025
Earlier this month, another woman, Rachel Marie Warner, 23, of Las Vegas, was arrested in a nearly identical case.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for identical
Adjective
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From the ground level, guests can catch that same elevator to the left of Yoshi’s Adventure to go upstairs.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Put another way, patients’ very lives are in the balance, and patients themselves have been reaching out to us to express this same grave concern.—
Lynn Godfrey,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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Lepard begins his story around the introduction of the Federal Reserve in 1913, which followed the introduction of similar monopoly central banks around the world in the late 19th century.—
Nathan Lewis,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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The ban positions the UK among the first countries in Europe to legislate against disposable vapes, following similar moves in France and Belgium.—
Olivia Kemp,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
Noun
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Building the Future on Flexibility According to Rama, the future of identity governance is modular.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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This paves the way to embody a new identity anchored in aligned thoughts, habits, and actions.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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China and imports Target's first-quarter comparable sales fell 3.8%, compared to analysts' estimates of a 1.08% decline.—
Siddharth Cavale,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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That reverses a comparable store sales increase of 1.5% in the previous quarter.—
Anne D'Innocenzio,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2025
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On a recording of The Zach Lowe show this week, Lowe, a national NBA analyst, pointed out the similarities between an offensive possession the Timberwolves produced in the first quarter of Wednesday’s Game 5 and what San Antonio did in the 2014 Western Conference Finals, also in Oklahoma City.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
31 May 2025
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Earlier this year, a U.K. appeals court ruled in favor of Thatchers, a cider company, which sued Aldi over design similarities in the packaging of its lemon cider.—
Anne Marie D. Lee,
CBS News,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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The work of flattening out three-dimensional sculpture into a two-dimensional painting was analogous to intellectualizing and abstracting Blackness as media became more mobile in the early twentieth century.—
Delinda Collier,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
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Together, these provide a wealth of data that any neuroscientist would envy — analogous to a perfect map of a person’s brain, along with separate electrodes to monitor the activity of each neuron.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
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This is a mid-size crossover SUV with some resemblance to a Jeep Renegade from the front, albeit with a much more contemporary spin.—
James Morris,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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The Humane Rescue Alliance of Washington, DC, provided photos of adoptable dogs with some resemblance to that dog.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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One basis point is equivalent to 0.01%, and yields and prices move in opposite directions.—
Alex Harring,Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
30 May 2025
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Echo launches with 43,000 equivalent units shifted, according to Luminate.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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“Identical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/identical. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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