1
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
Given the sheer amount of combat in each game, there can be a feeling of sameness that pervades over time.
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
Behind them, the desert is punctuated by barracks, a landscape of depressing sameness.
—Aruna D’souza, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Even the physical world is rendered with modest sameness everywhere by Google Maps and its humbling Street View.
—Mark Greif, Harper's Magazine, 26 July 2024
But, as a result, it’s made banking impersonal and created a sea of sameness as banks become less differentiated and lose the human connection fostered at the branch level.
—Michael Abbott, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
Behind them, the desert is punctuated by barracks, a landscape of depressing sameness.
—Aruna D’souza, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Even the physical world is rendered with modest sameness everywhere by Google Maps and its humbling Street View.
—Mark Greif, Harper's Magazine, 26 July 2024
But, as a result, it’s made banking impersonal and created a sea of sameness as banks become less differentiated and lose the human connection fostered at the branch level.
—Michael Abbott, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sameness
Noun
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During the monotony of spring training, live batting practice sessions usually are structured like boxing matches.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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The weight of deadlines, disappointments, or just the monotony of life presses heavily on your shoulders.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Muñoz-Marín had a hunch about the identity of these mysterious structures.—
Veronique Greenwood,
WIRED,
9 Feb. 2025
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Just two weeks ago, Boise State basketball was 5-4 in Mountain West play, had lost three straight road games following a last-second loss to Colorado State, and didn’t even seem to have an identity.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Feb. 2025
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Combating antisemitism should not come at the cost of distorting reality or creating false equivalences.—
Yinam Cohen,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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Her characters, buffeted by the era’s fluctuating currencies, inherited this crisis of equivalence.—
Laurence Scott,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Chuao Mini Gourmet Chocolate Bars Gift Box Give the gift of chocolate while skipping the convenience store boredom.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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By blending education and entertainment, this approach captivates young minds and turns everyday lessons into memorable experiences that will hopefully banish those sighs of boredom for good.—
Fiona Tapp,
Parents,
3 Feb. 2025
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Despite broad similarities between the two leaders’ approach, a full Orbanization of Washington is unlikely.—
BÁLINT MADLOVICS,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Feb. 2025
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The quarterback saw a similarity between himself and his prospective agent, who first started representing NFL players in 2015.—
Megan Sauer,Rebecca Picciotto,
CNBC,
10 Feb. 2025
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Litchfield’s Adult Basic Education program offers inmates at the Meeker County Detention Center an opportunity to use that time wisely – either brushing up on basic skills or working toward a high school equivalency diploma.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Correlating the removal of a platform’s fact-checking with benefits to creators such as lower likelihood of a shadow ban—as Lessin does—could very well be a false equivalency, given the algorithms determining content distribution have never been transparent in the first place.—
Cherie Brooke Luo,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The call isn’t like reading a sentence in monotone, though.—
Jesse Newell,
Kansas City Star,
7 Feb. 2025
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Home Decor Many people have a personal style for clothing —maximalism, monotones and more.—
Nashville Tennessean,
The Tennessean,
21 Mar. 2024
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Abolitionists pointed to Jefferson’s rhetoric about the equality of men and his desire to see slavery eventually fade away.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Feb. 2025
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Equity is not equality, which is one of the important lessons DEI teaches us.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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“Sameness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sameness. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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