as in therefore
for this or that reason
according to that line of reasoning, the eyewitness couldn't identify the aircraft, ergo it must have been from another planet
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Recent Examples of ergo
Longtime Toronto pundit Damien Cox this past week suggested that the remedy might have to be a Marner trade, with the Leafs getting back young, promising (ergo: cheap) talent in the form of, say, a top-six forward and top-four defenseman.
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Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2019
In the hubbub around this controversy, likely many doctors felt too embarrassed to grab the pharma handout—ergo my reborn popularity.
—Kent Sepkowitz, Slate Magazine, 17 Feb. 2017
The global television audience is (at least) sixteen hundred times as big; ergo, the halftime show is more music video than live concert.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2017
Isaacson helps us right away with The Big One: Jobs might have felt abandoned because he was put up for adoption, ergo, sentenced to a life of searching for approval.
—John C Abell, WIRED, 27 Oct. 2011
Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2019
In the hubbub around this controversy, likely many doctors felt too embarrassed to grab the pharma handout—ergo my reborn popularity.
—Kent Sepkowitz, Slate Magazine, 17 Feb. 2017
The global television audience is (at least) sixteen hundred times as big; ergo, the halftime show is more music video than live concert.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2017
Isaacson helps us right away with The Big One: Jobs might have felt abandoned because he was put up for adoption, ergo, sentenced to a life of searching for approval.
—John C Abell, WIRED, 27 Oct. 2011
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ergo
Adverb
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The solution is therefore to find ways to make Trump pay a meaningful price for violating the law.—
Noah Feldman,
Twin Cities,
28 Apr. 2025
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The election was called by Carney on March 23, a week after he was sworn in as Liberal Party leader and therefore Prime Minister following Trudeau’s resignation.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
28 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The State of the Race The competition for the Emmy for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special is so tight this year that Hulu alone could fill the category with its contenders.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
5 May 2025
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There still aren’t that many examples of bisexuality expressed so matter of factly.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
5 May 2025
Adverb
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And the nature of the story lends itself to being told in this format, with two episodes apiece for each calendar season, and thus each trip the group takes together.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2025
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The judge presiding over the case could decide to send an 18-year-old to the Youth Part of the Supreme Court, according to Jackson, where the suspect would be considered a juvenile delinquent and thus treated more gingerly than an adult in their early 20s.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
1 May 2025
Adverb
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Seeds offer a cost-effective way of preserving plants for future generations—hence intense efforts to bank the seeds of agricultural crops.—
Katarina Zimmer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 May 2025
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By then, Berry was already British-comedy famous, hence Peter Serafinowicz supplying guest vocals.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
2 May 2025
Adverb
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Even studies sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry are being affected: many rely partially on federal funding, or are run by staff who do, and who have consequently been laid off.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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When implemented, these digital cash payments via e-wallets eliminate the need for cash conversion and, consequently, the payment of any fees.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Ergo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ergo. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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