by the same token
Idioms-
In the same way, for the same reason. For example, He has a good ear for music, and by the same token he finds it easy to pronounce foreign words . This phrase today is used in a general way to connect statements that have some logical association with one another. [Mid-1400s]
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As a corroborating circumstance, as in Boston's population has grown very fast, and by the same token its urban problems have also increased . [Late 1800s]
Example Sentences
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“No one should go all-in,” he says, but, “by the same token, no one should stay all-out.”
From MarketWatch
“No one should go all-in… but by the same token, no one should stay all-out.”
From MarketWatch
By the same token, that could be a headwind for the price of bullion.
From Barron's
By the same token, that could be a headwind for the price of bullion.
From Barron's
But by the same token, sources have told BBC Sport that work towards a contingency plan in the event they make a decision they really don't want to make illustrates the precarity of Frank's position.
From BBC
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