by the same token en · ADP
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From token (“evidence, proof”) (obsolete sense).
Meanings
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(idiomatic) For a similar reason; in a similar manner; by virtue of the selfsame phenomenon, through its various aspects.
The petroleum and gas of eastern Ohio, and by the same token, of western Pennsylvania and New York are unquestionably derived from the great shale formation of Devonian and subcarboniforous age that underlies this territory, and they are stored in sandstones overlying or interstratified with these shales."
1886 June 25, Edward Orton, “Petroleum and Natural Gas as Found in Ohio”, in Science, volume 7, number 177, →JSTOR, page 561:
Relateds
other side of the coin · by that token · flip side
Synonyms
similarly · likewise · in the same vein · along the lines
Translations (11)
fr pour les mêmes raisons (Translations) · fr de même (Translations) · fr de la même manière (Translations) · fi samalla tavalla (Translations) · es de la misma manera (Translations) · fi samoin (Translations) · fr de la même façon (Translations) · fr dans le même ordre d'idées (Translations) · es por la misma razón (Translations) · fr dans le même esprit (Translations) · fi vastaavasti (Translations)