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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
Sadly, automation and AI reward conformity and sameness, qualities that can produce consistency but never greatness.
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Chris Tomlinson, Houston Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2026
With the algorithms delivering the same cycle of digital inspiration, and the ubiquitous availability of all these products, our interiors have begun developing a sameness.
—Mary Grace Granados
special Contributor, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026
To really have something special within the brain-killing visual sameness of South Florida, keep the trees and dump the cars.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026
For years, Burlando tried to make peace with standing out in a world that often celebrates sameness, particularly online.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
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Chris Tomlinson, Houston Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2026
With the algorithms delivering the same cycle of digital inspiration, and the ubiquitous availability of all these products, our interiors have begun developing a sameness.
—Mary Grace Granados
special Contributor, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026
To really have something special within the brain-killing visual sameness of South Florida, keep the trees and dump the cars.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026
For years, Burlando tried to make peace with standing out in a world that often celebrates sameness, particularly online.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sameness
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Advertisement Jisoo as Seo Mi-rae Courtesy of Netflix More specifically, Boyfriend on Demand is a meta exploration of how many women use story-worlds as a cathartic, sometimes productive escape from the monotony and demands of their offline routines.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
6 Mar. 2026
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Greg decides to shake off the monotony of his life by taking a position as Writer in Residence at the prestigious (fictional) Ludlow College.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
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But some experts say Iranians with government ties don’t need to risk border crossings and have access to fake identities.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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That consistency became woven into ENHYPEN’s identity — which is part of why this departure registers as more than a personnel shift for fans who were there from the beginning.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Mar. 2026
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Translation, too, is a practice of uneven equivalences.—
Jan Steyn,
The Dial,
10 Mar. 2026
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His disturbing and bloody rhetoric created a twisted equivalence between violent crime and immigrants, most of whom come here to work, raise families and contribute to our population growth and economy.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
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Experiment with different seasonings to minimize boredom and flavor fatigue.—
Amy Brownstein,
Verywell Health,
3 Mar. 2026
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As a result, the remote operators experience extreme swings in workload: sometimes overwhelming intensity, sometimes crushing boredom.—
Missy Cummings,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Mar. 2026
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However, despite this similarity, scientists still lack a clear map of how different electronic states appear in nickelates as conditions change.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Mar. 2026
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But while their games have some similarities, their personalities on the court are polar opposites.—
Colby Gordon,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Mar. 2026
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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
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Amore approaches the song with all the vocal ferocity of a wind chime; MORI’s chorus repeats the title phrase in monotone.—
E.R. Pulgar,
Pitchfork,
10 Mar. 2026
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Here is an echoey and relatively quiet limestone room full of people — Mondragon’s deep laconic monotone would attract attention in a second.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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Stanton’s disdain for immigrants led her into emergent realms of pseudoscience that would transform into eugenics; her rhetoric about women strayed from the principle of gender equality into essentialist ideas about women’s feminine specialness.—
Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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Safety and equality mean everything to me, especially when in India.—
Alexandra Pereira,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Sameness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sameness. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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