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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all the same

But his community — including his three adult children and his parents, both in their late 80s — has accepted him all the same.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

After producing tetraploid cells from human cancer cells and establishing colonies derived from individual cells, he noticed that the resulting groups were not all the same size.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

For Orville Peck, the best Sundays are basically all the same.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

But her colleague Tasha, the youngest of seven, says her siblings have fallen out over perceived favouritism, even though she thinks her parents treat them all the same.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Her dad had seen all the same changes in the Sierra Nevada that she had in the past few years: bigger, more frequent, more destructive wildfires.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

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