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 tribunal states that whether its decision has any benefit to the club, therefore, depends on whether the new APT rules are found to be lawful as part of the second challenge issued by the club last month.—
Dan Sheldon,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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One option is to keep Pheromone super sticky glue traps, which attract the male moths, therefore removing them from the reproduction cycle, in your wardrobe or around your home.—
Ellie Pithers,
Vogue,
15 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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That proximity to real intimacy without fully succumbing to romantic feelings is so incredibly hot.—
Emily Martin,
Them,
10 Feb. 2025
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As is the case with everything Kendrick Lamar does, especially throughout his beef with Drake, his Apple Music Super Bowl LIX halftime show included a few easter eggs and caused fans to theorize about other aspects of the show that may not have actually been so purposeful.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
10 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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The Kremlin, in turn, has thus far been able to shrug off Ukraine’s strikes.—
Raphael S. Cohen,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Feb. 2025
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As a result of this, the weapon is still at large, thus potentially putting students at risk.—
Mike Griffith,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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The owner got his start by making pizzas in the side of his yard during the pandemic, hence the name.—
The Editors of AD,
Architectural Digest,
7 Feb. 2025
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Which means that global trade, not public health or the health of our local farmers, is actually driving the daily killing of poultry and hence, the price of our eggs. Don’t forget, the way these birds are killed is not pretty.—
Jim Martin,
The Denver Post,
4 Feb. 2025
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This protective stance gained particular attention amidst ongoing public curiosity about Schumacher's condition, which has consistently left the family vulnerable to media intrusion and, consequently, to blackmail attempts.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 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 22 Feb. 2025.
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