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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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
Our strength lies not in sameness, but in our ability to come together across differences and build something greater than ourselves.
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Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 4 July 2025
Now your notion of sameness has to account for that extra structure.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 9 Apr. 2025
Each attempt to break away from that sameness resulted in more of the same.
—Dimitar 'mix' Mihov, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Influenced by consultants and consensus thinking, it was led into the sea of sameness, where companies go to die…or at least spend years treading water.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
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Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 4 July 2025
Now your notion of sameness has to account for that extra structure.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 9 Apr. 2025
Each attempt to break away from that sameness resulted in more of the same.
—Dimitar 'mix' Mihov, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Influenced by consultants and consensus thinking, it was led into the sea of sameness, where companies go to die…or at least spend years treading water.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for sameness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sameness
Noun
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Amid the monotony of practicing against teammates every day, joint practices can be a welcome change for players.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2025
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Frieda longs to stand out and is instantly bored of her new small-town life, while Maria finds comfort in the monotony.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Because of blood revenge, there were not many men left, so then a girl was chosen to carry on a male identity.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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Without regulatory limits, another possible recourse for consumers is to take the matter into their own hands, by obscuring their identity and limiting profiling by sellers.—
George Slover,
Time,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Modern platforms can deliver the operational equivalence that teams expect: advanced virtual machine (VM) lifecycle management, high-availability (HA) clustering, backups, disaster recovery (DR) and more.—
Madhura Maskasky,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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To this end, campaigners forged an equivalence between taking sugar and drinking human blood.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 July 2025
Noun
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However, without enough structured activity, the breed can become restless and turn to destructive behaviors out of boredom.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 July 2025
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For some, the stakes are high; for others, this is content to be consumed in a moment of boredom.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
30 July 2025
Noun
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In addition to similarities in appearance, the young cowbirds are drawn to the chattering noises of adult female cowbirds (read more here).—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Modi and Trump are populists with ideological similarities and had previously campaigned for each other.—
Salil Tripathi,
Time,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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New York’s century-old substantial equivalency standards were designed to ensure that all students — in public, private, and religious schools — receive at least a minimally adequate education in core subjects.—
Adina Mermelstein Konikoff,
New York Daily News,
22 July 2025
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This funding supports adult learners, who, for whatever reason, may not be fully proficient in reading, may need more education to be prepared for the workforce, may need help completing high school or high school equivalency.—
Lily Altavena,
Freep.com,
16 July 2025
Noun
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Especially when the side effects are being recited rapid-fire in a monotone that’s barely audible.—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
25 June 2025
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In a low, monotone voice, a downtrodden Ben Brown tried to explain another start that had gone awry.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
24 June 2025
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The Power 4 conference can unlock creativity, ensure fair competition at the highest level, create equality and drive college athletics into the future.—
Jim Martin,
Denver Post,
13 Aug. 2025
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Decades later, her daughter Tulip faces her own moment of reckoning in 1992 Chicago, as the ripples of her mother’s choices shape her path in America’s ongoing fight for equality.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Sameness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sameness. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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