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adverb

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verb

as in to echo
to say after another since you've said what I wanted to say—only better—I will just ditto your comments in my final report

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Recent Examples of ditto
Adjective
Elina Svitolina last year is one such example — ditto home hope Johanna Konta in 2017. Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 11 July 2024 The American designer currently has a network of 19 flagships, including a unit at East 26th Street and Madison Avenue, where a Woolrich Black Label shop-in-shop will be installed, ditto for his boutique in Los Angeles. Martino Carrera, WWD, 10 Oct. 2024 Or, put another way, and to reference a movie from the early ’90s this time, ditto. Gary Trust, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2023
Adverb
The seeds did improve yield compared with the local Obatanpa variety, but Ghanaians couldn’t afford to purchase more for the following year’s crop; ditto the chemical inputs (pesticides, herbicides, synthetic fertilizers) that ensured success. Sarah McColl, Smithsonian, 26 July 2017 The offensive line is decent, ditto the defensive line and the young corners. Gary Gramling, SI.com, 8 Oct. 2017 Ditto his ability to transcend even so-so songs through the sheer force of his musical skills and personality. George Varga, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 Aug. 2017 Yes, chairs on wheels whiz in and out, ditto a desk, people run around in circles and bob up and down at will. Joanne Engelhardt, The Mercury News, 31 May 2017
Verb
The Hyundai is too low to think of as an SUV, and ditto the Chevy. Michael Frank, Ars Technica, 22 May 2024 Many of South Asia’s power grids are linked together already; ditto the Gulf nations of the Middle East; and Africa has several regional networks, says Philippe Lienhart, an expert on power grids at EDF who is leading the interconnection study for the project formed at the Glasgow summit. Phred Dvorak, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2022 The dramatic setting seemed less overwrought somehow, given the quality of the food—ditto the balletic service. Jay McInerney, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2023 And ditto the above comment re: leadership. David Meyer, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2021 Be sure to try the courgette blossoms stuffed with ricotta, taleggio and black olives, ditto the pumpkin and rosemary risotto with roasted tofu. Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023 She’s obsessed with the chiffon corset dresses worn with biker shorts; ditto the asymmetric skirts. Alice Newbold, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2022 If Colossal proves successful on reincarnating the woolly mammoth—ditto the thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger—expect a variety of new ethical questions to arise on how to handle the creature and potential reintroduction issues. Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 30 Jan. 2023 There’s a bit of humorous hopelessness to her, ditto the fact that her time machine is actually a tanning bed in the backroom of her favorite nail salon. Michael Nordine, Variety, 23 Sep. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ditto
Adverb
  • Brock Nelson, New York Islanders 33 years old, $6 million cap hit through 2024-25 20 goals, 43 points in 61 games Nelson is one of the most coveted players on the trade block and also a rental.
    Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 6 Mar. 2025
  • There’s also a selection of sushi rolls such as the Tiger Prawn with tempura tiger prawn, avocado, spicy mayo, unagi sauce, topped with spicy ahi tuna and Salmon Tataki with seared salmon, cucumber, avocado, spicy mayo, yuzu wasabi sauce and masago caviar.
    Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Duff, the bill’s co-sponsor, echoed this sentiment.
    Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Despite the difficulty in identifying most of the chemicals, what could be distinguished echoed the molecular conditions of a highly urbanized, synthetic environment.
    Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The questionnaire appears to be very similar to one sent earlier this week to partners of the United States Agency for International Development, which has been all but dismantled by the Trump administration.
    Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2025
  • In some ways, this feels similar to the initial boom and subsequent contraction of the sports betting and ancillary sports betting content industries, a trajectory that began with a 2018 Supreme Court ruling that struck down a federal law banning sports betting in most states.
    Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • The reactions seem split between those annoyed by this change and those annoyed that everyone else is so annoyed.
    Ryan Whitwam, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2025
  • In California, local Women’s Marches were so popular that one in 45 people attended one.
    Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Now, lawmakers in Albany want to repeat the same mistake — this time with nicotine pouches like Zyn.
    Edgar Domenech, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The song captures the bittersweet pain of letting go when love still lingers but staying would mean repeating the same mistakes.
    Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Pew previously conducted two similar studies in 2007 and 2014 using a different methodology than the current study; some measures in the poll are not comparable to previous studies.
    Jennifer Agiesta, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Still, whether productions opt to shoot in California at historically comparable levels will depend on changes to the program outside of the increase to its cap.
    Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Griffin quoted a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, from Christopher Miller, the Financial Times‘ Chief Correspondent in Kyiv.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The World Population Review, quoting the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) figures, stated that 27.8 per cent of households nationwide were home to a feline at the end of 2019, compared to nearly 40 per cent for dogs.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • In a typical breeding pair, one bird has two copies of the standard version, analogous to the XX genotype in humans.
    Donna L. Maney, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
  • For example, the ocean being an extension of our lungs, also the tides, the currents as kind of analogous to a circulatory system, circulating the nutrients around the body of the Earth, etc.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025

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