1
as in monotony
a tedious lack of variety
the endless sameness of what we keep having for dinner is starting to bore me
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2
as in identity
the state of being exactly alike
the sameness of the two essays made the teacher immediately suspect plagiarism
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as in equivalence
the state or fact of being exactly the same in number, amount, status, or quality
the striking sameness of the results for both experiments suggests that this is a real discovery
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Recent Examples of sameness
Perhaps because much of mass‑made culture has been forgettable, original work stands out even clearer against the backdrop of sameness, and audiences begin to demand more of it.
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Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2025
Amid all this change, department stores started to seem rather old-fashioned, a sea of sameness offering tired brands in badly lit, boilerplate stores where everything seemed to eventually end up in the discount bin.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
What makes his writing distinctive is not its sameness but rather its range and variety.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Everyone can participate without drowning in a sea of sameness, à la the Labubu epidemic of 2025.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 10 Oct. 2025
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Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2025
Amid all this change, department stores started to seem rather old-fashioned, a sea of sameness offering tired brands in badly lit, boilerplate stores where everything seemed to eventually end up in the discount bin.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
What makes his writing distinctive is not its sameness but rather its range and variety.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Everyone can participate without drowning in a sea of sameness, à la the Labubu epidemic of 2025.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sameness
Noun
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Break up the monotony of winter with this shiny nail set.—
Odeya Pinkus,
InStyle,
4 Jan. 2026
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As a result, much of the original's monotony was nullified, but what about the rest?—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
26 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Sensory design has played an enormous role in developing this new identity for the bathroom, and the 2026 NKBA Bath Trends Report shows that numerous sensory trends are expected to continue gaining mainstream traction.—
Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Jan. 2026
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Police have not released name or identity of the man suspected shooting Patterson and his roommate.—
Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This is a telling, inauspicious equivalence.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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The researchers argue that the holes weren't storage silos in the modern sense, but markers of equivalence – a way to make quantities visible and negotiable in a society without currency.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Soon enough, once a candidate has entered the race, boredom sets in and the speculation and desire for someone fresh and different starts anew.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Here’s to boredom, to wrong turns, to fruitful friction.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Mpro, an enzyme that allows SARS-CoV-2 to replicate in host cells, holds structural similarities.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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Researchers began to explore representational similarity among AI models with this approach in the mid-2010s and found that different models’ representations of the same concepts were often similar, though far from identical.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In their minds, there’s an equivalency, but there really isn’t.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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At first, though, there was little doubt in the North that there was no moral equivalency of cause with the South.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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These have been replaced by an endless monotone of heavy-handed highs.—
Jahan Marcu,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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In the quiet hush of the neonatal intensive care unit at Shahjahanpur Medical College, the only constant sound was the monotone of the heart monitor, its low hum keeping watch over the baby sleeping inside the sterile incubator.—
Aishwarya S. Iyer,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Profits will follow when the commitment to equality is genuine.—
Nafees Alam,
Boston Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Principles like the moral equality of persons, the principle that everyone deserves dignity and respect, and that people should not be judged on the basis of morally irrelevant features beyond their control.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Sameness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sameness. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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