similar report vs same report

Both 'similar report' and 'same report' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Similar report' is used when referring to a report that shares some characteristics with another report but is not identical. 'Same report' is used when referring to an identical report that has not changed.

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similar report

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when referring to a report that shares some characteristics with another report but is not identical.

Examples:

The two departments submitted similar reports on the project.

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Where appropriate a similar report shall be provided by 30 June 2009.
Mr Cox wrote a similar report as long ago as 1999.
I would have written a similar report.
We stood here and dealt with a similar report two years ago, and I would really like to congratulate the rapporteurs, Richard Corbett and Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, on a job well done.
I rather not have my particulars disclosed at least until another similar report is made public.
Has it carried out a similar report on its own account?
In a similar report last year we had requested an early proposal from the Commission and I welcome the fact that Commissioner Fischler was able to respond to our wishes in this regard.
At the same time, I must unfortunately say with regret that, up to now, we have not had the opportunity to vote for a similar report affecting Estonia.
For all these reasons, I once again congratulate Mrs Sudre. I express my wholehearted support for the report in the belief that at some point the Commission will prepare a similar report on the regions I have mentioned.
The Commission shall submit a similar report following any major developments in inland waterway transport.
Following the accession of 10 new Member States, does the Commission intend to start compiling data on the state of women's health, and is the Commission planning to draw up a similar report for the EU-25?
Our analyst gave me a very similar report this morning.
This time I am particularly interested in Mr Alyssandrakis's report as I myself was the rapporteur of a similar report in the fifth framework programme.
Recently, in several cases, doubt has been cast in the media upon this independence (report by Earth Open Science on ILSI and a similar report by Testbiotech on the GM panel).
We had a report last year, we have a report this year and we will probably have a similar report next year.
How much time is necessary to prepare a similar report, and how long is it? How much information must the staff collect, analyse and evaluate?
If not enough possible duplicates are found, or you did not find a similar report, then you can force it to search for more bug reports (only if the date range limit is not reached.)
Itar-Tass carried a similar report.
The Associated Press filed a similar report.
A similar report in 2006 on lawmaking in the EU by Italian Green Monica Frassoni stressed the need to focus on the quality, not just quantity of EU legislation, as well as its implementation.

Alternatives:

report with similarities
report that resembles the other

same report

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when referring to an identical report that has not changed.

Examples:

Please review the same report you received last week.

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This concerns the same report that Mrs Buitenweg touched on.
Only three years ago Parliament had the courage to reject this very same report.
That's the same report that your friend kept buried.
In the same report, 95 per cent said privacy was important to them.
However, in the very same report we see the development and strengthening of views on enlargement in terms of absorption capacity.
1723, as referred to in that same report and which was reiterated in the Geneva Convention of 7 November 1956, ratified with Law no.
The same report also states that sterilization is to be done on a voluntary basis with the informed consent of the patient.
The same report found that the activity would have to be extended by a further 3,2 years in order to amortise those assets.
which is confirmed by paragraph 48 of the same report:
In order to resolve this problem, which concerns the effective implementation of Directive 99/70/EC, ASEP proposes in the same report specific legislative measures.
The same report presents the ten most polluted areas on earth, which are mainly located in Asia.
In the same report, Conflicts Forum also stated that it 'needs to expose the institutionalized racism of the two-state solution concept'.
In the same report, Mr Bontempi complains that the joint action against corruption does not grant any role to the Court.
In the same report it was proposed that the Commission should be given an active role in this work.
Mr President, on behalf of the Legal Affairs Committee I would like to address the same report as Mr Ford has addressed.
We have also promised to propose a new system for the organisation and management of the policy in the same report.
According to the same report by the Court of Auditors, there are serious problems involving export refunds.
More than one (or all) may be present in the same report.
The same report contains an overview of the market situation and the development prospects of Crist.
The same report states: 'Gazprom Group is required to supply natural gas to Russian consumers at prices regulated by the Federal Tariff Service.

Alternatives:

identical report
unchanged report

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