exact same

idiom

variants or US same exact
used as a more forceful way to say "same"
We grow the exact same vegetables in our garden every year.
They showed up at the party in the same exact outfits.

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What the video didn’t show were those same people just 72 hours prior, all gathered in the exact same location, inside that same San Diego home. Sam Blum, New York Times, 25 July 2025 This is for the exact same flight on the exact same travel dates. Scott Keyes, Time, 23 July 2025 Attending a private university will cost you way more than that for the exact same degree. Robert Farrington, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025 Then, eight years later, on the exact same date in 2020, history tragically repeated itself. Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for exact same

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“Exact same.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exact%20same. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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