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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Corn attracts more turkeys, rabbits, squirrels, and mice—and therefore coyotes.—
Skye Goode,
Outdoor Life,
27 Feb. 2025
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Some might protest that the inflation rate and bank lending rate are correlated, and therefore the HAMI double-counts the effective inflation.—
Steve H. Hanke,
National Review,
27 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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The reactions seem split between those annoyed by this change and those annoyed that everyone else is so annoyed.—
Ryan Whitwam,
Ars Technica,
6 Mar. 2025
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In an interview, Edrington said the group was wrong to cave in to the administration so quickly.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC News,
6 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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No ingredients list — and, thus, no listing of possible allergens for folks with a food allergy — was available for pan de bono, guava pastelitos and other bakery items in the hot case.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
2 Mar. 2025
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The marvellous, transforming Aska A5 has driven on the street and taken off, but not in the same video clip, and its flight tests thus far have been on safety tethers.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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Beccari explained that the brand’s initials LV, viewed as Roman numerals, represent 55 — hence the number of lipstick shades at launch.—
Miles Socha,
WWD,
5 Mar. 2025
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Most users won’t dig into these settings and hence won’t get any benefit from this feature.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
4 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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According to Aviation Experts With all these new owners (and consequently new guests), there are many newcomers in the skies.—
Nicole Trilivas,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Feb. 2025
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And take note that as Mars is currently receding from Earth, and consequently will become dimmer in the coming days and weeks.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Ergo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ergo. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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