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
To the untrained eye, there’s a dull sameness to East Lancaster Avenue.
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2025
His being here—scraping, sanding, painting, sitting across the table from us for dinner most nights—had been one of the joys of the past few weeks, a way of staving off the tension of moving and the sameness of the routine with the kids and the meals and the bedtime stories and all the rest.
—T. Coraghessan Boyle, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
Reichman explained that people in the luxury segment aren't comfortable with buying a vehicle with the level of sameness as those shopping for mass market models.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
And yet, underneath at their core, the sameness of these two men resonated.
—Natasha Stoynoff, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2025
His being here—scraping, sanding, painting, sitting across the table from us for dinner most nights—had been one of the joys of the past few weeks, a way of staving off the tension of moving and the sameness of the routine with the kids and the meals and the bedtime stories and all the rest.
—T. Coraghessan Boyle, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
Reichman explained that people in the luxury segment aren't comfortable with buying a vehicle with the level of sameness as those shopping for mass market models.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
And yet, underneath at their core, the sameness of these two men resonated.
—Natasha Stoynoff, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sameness
Noun
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There’s a certain monotony that engulfs the gym during the rigors of training camp, and that dissipates somewhat when a game day is in view.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Oct. 2025
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And despite the monotony of it all, there is some hope to be had, plenty of meaning to be found and, perhaps more importantly, a friendship to enjoy.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Sep. 2025
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Taylor aims to show that each West End neighborhood has its own distinct history and identity.—
Keely Doll,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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There’s plenty of season left, but the quarter mark bears significance because during this window, teams gain a better understanding of their true identity, particularly after limited preseason action.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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That false equivalence, Sadeghi noted, is part of a broader retrieval problem.—
Tor Constantino,
Forbes.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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The curators wanted to include pictures of the victims and artifacts on loan from the cities; however, opponents argued these elements were offensive to veterans and portrayed a false moral equivalence between America and Japan’s actions during the war.—
Kevin Dickinson,
Big Think,
20 Aug. 2025
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The sentiment is notably devoid of any sense of boredom or burnout from the 22-year-old who signed his first recording contract at 15.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025
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Hegel even worried that the world would reach a state of global boredom.—
Richard Stengel,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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Researchers have long assumed that sulfur isotopes would likely also exhibit these similarities.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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While the pressure tactics used by Cruz and Carr have similarities, Rogers said there are also key differences between the legislative and executive branches.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 Oct. 2025
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As at many schools, CAMP at Millersville is also linked with programs that help migrant students earn their high school equivalency diplomas, known as HEP.—
Jordan Owens,
NPR,
22 Sep. 2025
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For adults wanting to change careers, the state offers free services to support preparing for high school equivalency tests and post-secondary education.—
Beth Warren,
Nashville Tennessean,
1 Sep. 2025
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By 1970s standards, his subject matter and aesthetic were equivalents of deadpan’s monotone.—
Emilia Mickevicius,
The Conversation,
22 Aug. 2025
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The interior is a bit more restrained, with black being the primary color, broken up only by yellow accents and a monotone racing flag motif.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
18 Aug. 2025
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Advertisement As a result, civil rights leaders insisted that the pursuit of equality depended on freedom for unpopular speech.—
Time,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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But, of course, the authors of the 2020 Princeton petition were also trying to strike a blow for racial equality.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Sameness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sameness. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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