one and the same
idiom
: one person or thing and not two
The restaurant's owner and chef are one and the same (person).
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Well, maybe these twin mysteries, life and mind, are actually one and the same.
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Oshan Jarow, Vox, 15 June 2024
Other famous doubles of fiction, like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde or Tyler Durden and Fight Club’s unnamed narrator, share a measure of unconsciousness: The big reveal is that these people are one and the same.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
Ultimately, the seasons of life and death are one and the same.
—Lisa P. Rimland, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2024
Far from an innovation of the current crisis, Putin’s argument that Ukraine has always been one and the same with Russia, and that it has been forcibly colonized by Western forces, has long been a defining part of his worldview.
—Anna Reid, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2022
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Oshan Jarow, Vox, 15 June 2024
Other famous doubles of fiction, like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde or Tyler Durden and Fight Club’s unnamed narrator, share a measure of unconsciousness: The big reveal is that these people are one and the same.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
Ultimately, the seasons of life and death are one and the same.
—Lisa P. Rimland, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2024
Far from an innovation of the current crisis, Putin’s argument that Ukraine has always been one and the same with Russia, and that it has been forcibly colonized by Western forces, has long been a defining part of his worldview.
—Anna Reid, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2022
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“One and the same.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one%20and%20the%20same. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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