Multiple nodes with the same dimensions

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Multiple nodes with the same dimensions

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I've been looking for a way to create multiple nodes (each containing text) such that they all have the same width. This is a common requirement when you have something like a flow diagram with nodes aligned vertically - you want them all the have the same width so it doesn't look messy. I dont want the nodes to be bigger than they have to be, so what I really want to do is:
1) find the biggest node
2) find the 'natural size' of this node
3) size all the other nodes to be the same size as this one

Obviously you can do this manually using [minimum width = 5cm], where you keep fiddling with the value until you have it just right, but this seems very messy. Is there any way to do this automatically?