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]
-
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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“No one should go all-in… but by the same token, no one should stay all-out.”
From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026
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 • Feb. 10, 2026
It is good news — sort of — because by the same token, any reductions in methane emissions will have more of an impact on the climate right away.
From Salon • Sep. 17, 2024
Yet, by the same token, drivers are coaxed, through a variety of incentives, to work for one ride-hailing platform exclusively.
From Slate • Sep. 13, 2022
Mrs. Bindle judged a woman by her windows—and by the same token condemned her.
From Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles by Jenkins, Hebert
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
