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The phrase "were the same as" is correct and entirely usable in written English.
You can use this phrase to draw a comparison between two people, objects, actions, etc. For example: The books they were reading were the same as the books I read when I was their age.
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"They were the same as anybody else.
You were the same as me.
Funeral customs were the same as here.
Procedures were the same as described previously42.
Personnel's doors were the same as well.
Primers used were the same as in Fig. 1.
Other ELISA conditions were the same as described above.
The reactions I got were the same as in Detroit.
We were the same as Inter were in London.
His goals were the same as Fowler's: clarity and unpretentiousness.
My lyrics were the same as theirs: "Goodbye, Winter.
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