by the same token

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by the same token

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From token (“evidence, proof”) (obsolete sense).

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  1. 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 s

    Similar: similarly, likewise, along the lines, in the same vein

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@misc{by_the_same_token_2026,
  title = {by the same token},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/by%20the%20same%20token},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}