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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
Some teachers believe such work is easy to spot because of the sameness of tone, the frequent assertion of strong points of view with little anecdotal support and the absence of typos.
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Chris Reed, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
When contacted Thursday, VanOsdol said the thing that makes the suburbs a no-go for a lot of Chicagoans is its strip-mall sameness and chain restaurants.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
Founded in 2019 by three former Depop colleagues—Ed Tribe, Megha Chaturvedi, and James Gillard—Journee was created to strip the stress and sameness out of travel planning.
—Ashley Kennedy, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2025
Those loud, colorful prints align with hip-hop’s aversion to restraint, to sameness even.
—Essence, 14 Aug. 2025
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Chris Reed, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
When contacted Thursday, VanOsdol said the thing that makes the suburbs a no-go for a lot of Chicagoans is its strip-mall sameness and chain restaurants.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
Founded in 2019 by three former Depop colleagues—Ed Tribe, Megha Chaturvedi, and James Gillard—Journee was created to strip the stress and sameness out of travel planning.
—Ashley Kennedy, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2025
Those loud, colorful prints align with hip-hop’s aversion to restraint, to sameness even.
—Essence, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sameness
Noun
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Determined to make a difference and shake up the monotony of his duties in the City of Angels, Gabriel meddles in the life of Arj (Ansari), a struggling gig worker making ends meet by taking on various gig economy jobs and stocking Home Depot shelves, all while living in his car.—
Jessica Wang,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Sep. 2025
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Mix Cabinet Types Break up the monotony of just uppers and lowers—and achieve a more elevated, designer look—by mixing cabinet types.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
1 Sep. 2025
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McKinsey partner Charlie Lewis identifies several core foundations including asset management, vulnerability management, and identity management.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Authorities have not publicly released his identity.—
Alex Stone,
ABC News,
11 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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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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The children of this era would go on to lead the next affective era in the form of the 1960s—which in many ways were a fight against this boredom, a call to reclaim the excitement of communalism, of revolution, of queerness and chaos.—
P.E. Moskowitz
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Your kid might not otherwise disclose these issues—but framing them around boredom (which is easier to talk about than, say, loneliness) can let you in on what's really going on in their day.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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There are plenty of similarities to the previous campaign, with the No 10 — now Wirtz — pushing up to the last line alongside the striker, while Salah stays high on the right wing.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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But the similarities are definitely there.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
13 Sep. 2025
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Wilkerson, Wilson said, attended Edison High School in Lake Station and later got her general equivalency diploma through Portage’s adult education program.—
Amy Lavalley,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
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For next gen startups with less invasive or temporary implants, demonstrating clinical equivalency to more expensive implants could usher in more nuanced assessment of value.—
Naveen Rao,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 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 single down-firing speaker produces loud but thin, monotone sound.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
25 July 2025
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Advertisement Lee also renounced any concept of gender roles, longing for full social equality regardless of gender or race.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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The museum offers exhibits, archives, and educational programs that document its work and the broader struggle for equality in Florida.—
Mariette Williams,
AFAR Media,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Sameness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sameness. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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