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

“No one should go all-in… but by the same token, no one should stay all-out.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 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

Schultz said he recognizes the U.S. government “treated the people horribly that were here, but by the same token, those same people treated the people that were coming here horribly.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2023

"But by the same token he's old enough to know right and wrong. This is for military security, and he put a lot of other people at risk."

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2023

And I see it’s few of his clo’es he took, by the same token, for they are all hangin’ in his closet, save the ones he’s got on.”

From The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to by Hill, Grace Brooks