雷同 (léi tóng): mirroring others; identical

The arguments and evidence in these two papers are almost completely identical, so the advisor suspects that one of them was plagiarized.

The police found that the methods in several recent burglaries were strikingly similar and concluded that they might have been committed by the same criminal gang.

Every Spring Festival, the gala programs on major TV stations have similar content, and viewers complain one after another that they lack originality.

The exterior designs of these two mobile phones are nearly identical, and many consumers believe the later model clearly imitated the former.

The report he submitted was identical to an online article in many places, and the editor-in-chief asked him to rewrite it.