the same as

idiom

: someone or something that is exactly like (another person or thing being discussed or referred to)
Your idea is the same as his.

Examples of the same as in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web What to Consider The faux leather won't break in the same as the suede options. Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2023 Looking northwest from Anchorage, flights to both Nome and Kotzebue are priced the same as Utqiagvik: $154 one-way on Alaska Airlines. Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2023 But Black women with a college degree or higher and few children at home are also among the most likely to earn about the same as their husbands. Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 16 Apr. 2023 Far less, 13%, report husbands want to earn the same as their wives, while only 3% of Americans believe men want women to earn more, according to a separate Pew survey of 5,000-plus U.S. adults conducted in January. Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2023 But the tackle box of ’22 doesn’t look near the same as dad’s all-metal Old Pal box. M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 10 Apr. 2023 The plan is generally the same as last year’s, said Ted Zaleski, the county’s Director of Management and Budget. Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 6 Apr. 2023 The top four airport rankings were the same as 2021. Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2023 While this is not the same as functional recovery, if more buildings had been built to a life safety threshold in Turkey and Syria, thousands of lives could have been saved. Osman Ozbulut, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2023

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“The same as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20same%20as. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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