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

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

By the same token, it also allows everyone else the right to question what churches are teaching — especially when they impact people and communities outside the church doors.

From Salon

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.”

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