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same old

ADJECTIVE
customary
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accepted traditional
WEAK
according to Hoyle accustomed acknowledged by the numbers chronic common confirmed conventional established everyday familiar fashionable frequent general habitual household in a rut in the groove normal ordinary orthodox playing it safe popular prescriptive recognized regular regulation routine sop standard standard operating procedure stipulated understood universal wonted
Antonyms
WEAK
abnormal different irregular occasional rare sometime unusual

Example Sentences

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Time will tell, but for now Californians — and most of America — are stuck doing the same old clock-face conga on Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026

They have yet to turn a profit and may never be profitable; it’s the same old reprise.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

"People are tired of the same old faces. They want to see a generational contest between the Gen Z and the group of older politicians from the 1990s."

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

He adds: “It’s the same old, same old. And if it gets too bad, the Fed will step in, cut rates and everything will go up again.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025

He knows no more than they do about total reality—less, if anything: works with the same old clutter of atoms, the givens of his time and place and tongue.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner