BY THE SAME TOKEN Definition & Meaning

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by the same token

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]

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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.

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By the same token, what’s most worrying about Trump’s executive order isn’t that paper straws could be done for, but that it signals acceptance of single-use plastic overall.

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

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By the same token “A Search for Truth” never becomes the conspiracy thriller it suggests lurks beneath the public record, restricted as it is by history.

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By the same token, if an institution with more firepower than any entity on earth meekly submits to threats that are thus far hypothetical, how would it act if Trump were actually in power?

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