by the same token

Idioms  

1. 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]

2. 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]

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Example Sentences

As Oaktree Capital Management LP co-founder Howard Marks put it in an insightful investment memo last week, “No one should go all-in without acknowledging that they face the risk of ruin if things go badly. But by the same token, no one should stay all-out and risk missing out on one of the great technological steps forward.”

From Barron's

As Oaktree Capital Management LP co-founder Howard Marks put it in an insightful investment memo last week, “No one should go all-in without acknowledging that they face the risk of ruin if things go badly. But by the same token, no one should stay all-out and risk missing out on one of the great technological steps forward.”

From Barron's

But, by the same token, they did smash their transfer record last summer by signing Solanke from Bournemouth for £65m.

From BBC

By the same token, her "draconian" punishment – being banned from standing for the presidency – will be interpreted as a badge of honour: proof that she alone is standing up to the powers-that-be.

From BBC

But by the same token, 40 years on, and the situation is still the same.”

From Los Angeles Times