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: the quality or state of being the same : identity, similarity
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Examples of sameness in a Sentence
the sameness of the two methods
There is a sameness to his stories that makes them too predictable.
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Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 11 Oct. 2024
The rooms are lit, often top-down, with a monotonous sameness that reminds of a musty nursing home where lamps operate on automatic timers.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024
Just when going to live events have developed a certain sameness, Red Bull comes out with a new fun twist.
—Eric Fuller, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
Each section, in its comprehensiveness and loyalty to regional authenticity, dispatches any clichéd notions of Mexican cuisine's sameness.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 3 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for sameness
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“Sameness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sameness. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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