sameness

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Recent Examples of sameness Individual, exemplary persons with their unique locales (whether Paris, France, or Winesburg, Ohio) have melted into a worldwide sameness of preferences, worries, desires, satisfied by the same brands, through the same internet influences. Mark Greif, Harper's Magazine, 26 July 2024 These consumers are bored with sameness, have been largely ignored by the current luxury market, and possess the disposable income and taste to demand something different. Timothy Papandreou, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024 While some American chain stores rely on sameness to satisfy customers, Trader Joe’s has leaned in the other direction. Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024 There is a dreary sameness to so much of modern culture, rough edges smoothed into comfortable averages by the power of market research and algorithms. Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 11 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sameness 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sameness
Noun
  • Nurture your creative instincts and set aside time for experimentation and innovation on your favorite passion, rather than endure the monotony of the same old thing.
    Martin Zwilling, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Switching up the incline between 0 and 1 percent every half-mile, or throwing in a few quick one-minute faster surges every once in a while can help break up the monotony without amping up the intensity too much.
    Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 2 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • For more stories about culture and identity sign up for our free On The Vine newsletter at http://KansasCity.com/newsletters.
    J.M. Banks, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Focus on releasing old identities as the moon fuses with Mercury and Pluto. Need a break?
    USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Her characters, buffeted by the era’s fluctuating currencies, inherited this crisis of equivalence.
    Laurence Scott, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The Madness can traffic in false equivalences—a common pitfall of political fiction that values moderation as an end in itself.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 28 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • When deprived of exercise, a varied environment, and the social opportunities that the wild provides, elephants suffer from chronic frustration, boredom, and stress, resulting over time in physical disabilities, psychological disorders, and, often, brain damage.
    TJ Hutchinson, The Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Despite being one of the most popular smartphone makers in the world, much of the internet responded to the Samsung Galaxy S25 range with feelings somewhere between boredom and unhappiness.
    Callum Booth, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In many respects, there are great similarities to the deal which brought Fran García back to the club from Rayo Vallecano two years ago.
    Sam Leveridge, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
  • There are some obvious similarities between the two division winners.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Another owner has a high school equivalency diploma.
    Mercedes Lilienthal, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The brilliant color of prewar life has faded into a monotone cement gray that dominates the territory.
    Abdel Kareem Hana and Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The brilliant color of pre-war life has faded into a monotone cement gray that dominates the territory.
    Abdel Kareem Hana, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The King Family’s latest venture debuts on MLK Day as part of the broader ‘Realize the Dream’ initiative—a movement inspired by the civil rights icon’s vision of justice, equality, and love.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Some causes included an end to the Vietnam War; nuclear disarmament; women’s equality; pro-life movement; gay/lesbian rights; freedom for Soviet Jews; fighting against AIDS; the MeToo movement; and support for Israel/denunciation of antisemitism.
    Paul L. Newman, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2025

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“Sameness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sameness. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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