How to Use one and the same in a Sentence

one and the same

idiom
Definition of one and the samenext
  • 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
  • Ultimately, the seasons of life and death are one and the same.
    — Lisa P. Rimland, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2024
  • In our most new, cherished, and untouched mind, mother and child are one and the same.
    — Hazlitt, 31 July 2024
  • 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
  • White-knuckle terror and punchlines can be one and the same.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 16 July 2024
  • Mental health and physical health are one and the same.
    — Tara Chalakani, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • Well, maybe these twin mysteries, life and mind, are actually one and the same.
    — Oshan Jarow, Vox, 15 June 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
  • The reasons for the wool textile’s success as both a national identity marker and school dress code are one and the same.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024
  • By the 1930s, though, scientists were realizing that vaccinia and cowpox were not one and the same.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Being good enough and doing it are one and the same at UConn at this fleeting moment – a moment not to be taken for granted.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2024
  • 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

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