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prep.phr. (context idiomatic English) For a similar reason; in a similar manner; similarly; likewise; along the lines.
Usage examples of "by the same token".
He couldn't possibly delay his decision until he had Rollins' report, and, by the same token, if he went, he'd have to go in without Admiral Ruiz's three battle squadrons, still en route to Barnett.
But by the same token, the storm prevented them from overwhelming us, for they could neither see nor hear us, and the Vulgs could not easily catch our scent.
Everyone was looking at him and, by the same token, trying to look away.
But by the same token, a captain whose ship was in yard hands had more free time, not less .
From that moment, however, he considered himself virtually free, and ceased, by the same token, to take any interest in his own future.
But by the same token, Sir, doesn't it seem likely they've already put all the pressure they can on the Government and Admiralty?
But by the same token, how could an old female neuter isolated in an officerless ship in space even hope to.