one and the same » one in the same
Spotted in the wild:
- Any time you visit our service desks, you will have the agreeable impression that helping the library and staying young are one in the same. (UC Berkeley, Annual Report of the Libraries, Fall 2001)
- It is misleading to consider “research and development” as one in the same, since they each entail a different primary focus. (Hopkins Undergraduate Research Journal, Spring 2004)
- I associate knowledge with happiness—they’re sort of one in the same for me. (College of William & Mary News, Sep. 23, 2004)
- The study also demonstrates that social isolation and feelings of loneliness are not one in the same. (Carnegie Mellon press release, May 2, 2005)
Analyzed or reported by:
- Paul Brians (Common Errors in English)
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