How to Use one and the same in a Sentence

one and the same

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• But sometimes, the hard things and the right things are one and the same.
  — Jaime Catmull, Forbes, 18 May 2022
• In fact, to our way of thinking, craziness and courage were one and the same.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2023
• For most of history, those things were one and the same—but no longer.
  — Ethan Brooks, The Atlantic, 14 Dec. 2023
• But voters just showed how these issues are one and the same—and that Democrats are the ones speaking to them.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 10 Nov. 2022
• Police have not said whether the shooting suspect and the man arrested in 2021 are one and the same.
  — Mitch Smith, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Nov. 2022
• Often, all these things are one and the same gardening job.
  — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 15 Aug. 2023
• Chemistry and consistency are maybe one and the same on this team.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2023
• Fighting smallpox and fighting the British, in Washington’s eyes, were one and the same.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 30 July 2021
• That was Colin's Chevy truck, proving, the detective said, that the man in the video and Colin Dudley were one and the same.
  — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2023
• Many people view branding and marketing as one and the same.
  — Aimee Meester, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
• But, if the map was correct, then my home town and Hog Island were essentially one and the same.
  — David Garczynski, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2022
• Throughout this album, thinking hard and thinking fast appear to be one and the same.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 16 May 2022
• The coach who needs to check on an injured starter or jaw with an official and the one who needs to come up with a crucial third-and-4 play call are one and the same.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 30 Nov. 2022
• Once upon a time, economics and sympathy were one and the same.
  — Corey Robin, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2022
• Both men are, at one and the same time, the leaders of their respective parties and two of the most unpopular men in the country.
  — WSJ, 2 Jan. 2024
• What’s tricky is that those workers now at risk of losing their jobs, and the consumers beset by grocery-store sticker shock, are one and the same.
  — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
• By the 1930s, though, scientists were realizing that vaccinia and cowpox were not one and the same.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2022
• In the automotive startup space and the EV space — and increasingly, those are one and the same — Tesla has been the exception, not the rule.
  — Patrick George, The Verge, 23 Jan. 2023
• Yep, there’s no doubt about it — Walton and Chewbacca are basically one and the same.
  — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
• Illnesses arising in as few as four weeks, along with those that show up many months later, have been considered one and the same.
  — Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2022
• Or maybe the people who can afford college tuition and the people who can afford gym memberships are one and the same.
  — Grace Huckins, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2022
• Darwin realized that species share traits because their ancestors were one and the same.
  — Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 15 July 2022
• For them, humans and natural environments are one and the same.
  — Nicole Heimann, Forbes, 1 June 2022
• At one and the same time, however, Staer is setting out to become one of the drivers of a local Sami film industry.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 18 Jan. 2023
• To many in the industry who had come to see Mr. Meyer and Grey as one and the same, his departure after so many decades seemed almost unimaginable.
  — Alex Williams, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2023
• But complaints about rotation and complaints about performance are not always one and the same.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2024
• Comedy and tragedy are supposedly one and the same, but putting them together can be like mixing water with olive oil.
  — Jason Diamond, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2022
• Before long, the Eye was chronicling the misfits and geniuses — often one and the same — who were making the neighborhood a creative cauldron.
  — Alex Williams, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2023
• But the fight to end anti-semitism and the fight for Palestinian freedom are one and the same because both recognise that scapegoating one group of people in the name of safety for another will always doom us.
  — Brea Baker, refinery29.com, 6 Nov. 2023
• Decade after decade, farmers and developers, often one and the same, joined hands with politicians and bureaucrats to declare their newest scheme for progress.
  — Mark Arax, New York Times, 1 June 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024