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ditto

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adverb

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verb

as in to echo
to say after another since you've said what I wanted to say—only better—I will just ditto your comments in my final report

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Recent Examples of ditto
Adjective
Elina Svitolina last year is one such example — ditto home hope Johanna Konta in 2017. Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 11 July 2024 The American designer currently has a network of 19 flagships, including a unit at East 26th Street and Madison Avenue, where a Woolrich Black Label shop-in-shop will be installed, ditto for his boutique in Los Angeles. Martino Carrera, WWD, 10 Oct. 2024 Or, put another way, and to reference a movie from the early ’90s this time, ditto. Gary Trust, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2023
Adverb
The seeds did improve yield compared with the local Obatanpa variety, but Ghanaians couldn’t afford to purchase more for the following year’s crop; ditto the chemical inputs (pesticides, herbicides, synthetic fertilizers) that ensured success. Sarah McColl, Smithsonian, 26 July 2017 The offensive line is decent, ditto the defensive line and the young corners. Gary Gramling, SI.com, 8 Oct. 2017 Ditto his ability to transcend even so-so songs through the sheer force of his musical skills and personality. George Varga, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 Aug. 2017 Yes, chairs on wheels whiz in and out, ditto a desk, people run around in circles and bob up and down at will. Joanne Engelhardt, The Mercury News, 31 May 2017
Verb
The outright comedy relief (notably Milo Mechem-Miller and Christopher Burnside as Bill-and-Ted-like sidekicks to the Prince) doesn’t quite work; ditto the attempt to paint Snow, the Prince and their friends in flippant modern-youth terms, while simultaneously selling classic fairy-tale romance. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 2 May 2025 The Hyundai is too low to think of as an SUV, and ditto the Chevy. Michael Frank, Ars Technica, 22 May 2024 Many of South Asia’s power grids are linked together already; ditto the Gulf nations of the Middle East; and Africa has several regional networks, says Philippe Lienhart, an expert on power grids at EDF who is leading the interconnection study for the project formed at the Glasgow summit. Phred Dvorak, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2022 The dramatic setting seemed less overwrought somehow, given the quality of the food—ditto the balletic service. Jay McInerney, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2023 Be sure to try the courgette blossoms stuffed with ricotta, taleggio and black olives, ditto the pumpkin and rosemary risotto with roasted tofu. Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023 If Colossal proves successful on reincarnating the woolly mammoth—ditto the thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger—expect a variety of new ethical questions to arise on how to handle the creature and potential reintroduction issues. Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 30 Jan. 2023 There’s a bit of humorous hopelessness to her, ditto the fact that her time machine is actually a tanning bed in the backroom of her favorite nail salon. Michael Nordine, Variety, 23 Sep. 2022 The restaurants are open on limited days and hours; ditto the winery tasting rooms. Lettie Teague, WSJ, 12 May 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ditto
Adverb
  • Hang Nguyen, aka the Hang Edit, has also hopped on the fishy trend, though her take was more photorealistic.
    Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 5 May 2025
  • The image was also shared on Trump’s Truth Social and Instagram accounts on Friday.
    Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 4 May 2025
Verb
  • Jazmin Delgado, the victim’s cousin, echoed those words in an interview with KABC-TV.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2025
  • That’s not the only way Leo XIV echoed the voice of his predecessor, Like the late Pope Francis, Leo has also been a strong supporter of the need to confront the threats of climate change.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2025
Adjective
  • Going on multiple dates with multiple people via apps that are more or less pretty similar is going to cause some kind of fatigue.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 3 May 2025
  • One editor felt the cake was similar to Angel Food cake, while two other editors compared the sweet, nutty aroma of the cake to cornbread.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 3 May 2025
Adverb
  • Warner Brothers and Legendary Pictures’ A Minecraft Movie, the biggest blockbuster of 2025, so far, was mostly shot in New Zealand, with some production in Canada.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2025
  • There still aren’t that many examples of bisexuality expressed so matter of factly.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 5 May 2025
Verb
  • This process is repeated until one candidate has received the necessary votes.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 2 May 2025
  • But the administration has been repeating that number for the better part of a year, raising questions about its accuracy.
    Kirby Wilson, Miami Herald, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • Through the first five weeks of the second quarter, Texas Roadhouse said its comparable sales at company restaurants increased 5% year over year.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 8 May 2025
  • One that’s more demonstrable in the industry than other comparable examples of societal laziness.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Verb
  • More than three decades after the sitcom premiered, fans continue to quote the characters, particularly the sarcastic Bing, and snap up merchandise such as vinyl figures, shirts, and coffee mugs.
    Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 3 May 2025
  • Several of the scholars quoted in the Opinion piece above characterize the Trump administration as, or as verging on, an authoritarian regime.
    Natalie Proulx, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • In our model, the flow of traffic over a network of roads is analogous to the flow of fluids over a surface — motions that are governed by the laws of fluid dynamics.
    Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025
  • In 1958, Congress created Captioned Films for the Deaf, a program that was meant to be analogous to Talking Books for the Blind.
    David Owen, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025

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“Ditto.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ditto. Accessed 13 May. 2025.

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