all the same

Idioms  

1. Also, all one . Equally acceptable, making no difference. For example, If it's all the same to you I'd prefer the blue car , or Hot or cold, it's all one to me . [Late 1700s]

2. Also, just the same . Nevertheless, still. For example, John wants to stay another week, but I'm going home all the same , or Even if you vote against it, this measure will pass just the same . [c. 1800]

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Example Sentences

I look back to the way those songs were fleshed out, and they don’t sound like they’re all the same.

From Los Angeles Times

I’m a little more grounded, a little less kooky, maybe a lot less kooky, but I’m into astrology, I’m into crystals, I’m into energy work, pretty much all the same things.

From The Wall Street Journal

“We’re drilling into the subsurface. It requires a rig crew, it requires pipe — it’s all the same project operations, and because of that, it’s just kind of a natural home for it,” she said.

From MarketWatch

Just as humans are all the same at birth, they’re alike in death, too, afforded an equal opportunity to find their ideal eternity.

From Salon

Caroline Daniel, the other former advisor who sat in all the same meetings as he did, didn't come to the same conclusion.

From BBC