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.
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What to Consider The faux leather won't break in the same as the suede options.
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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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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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