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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Ultimately, the court decided that given the circumstances, and if the Frenches were flying there to personally manage their condo, the expense was reasonable and therefore, tax deductible.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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The nitrogen fixed by legumes is not readily available until the bean or pea crop dies and therefore benefits the crop planted after beans or peas.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
4 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Shoulder pads are in for fall 2025 and so are other details that read unabashedly, authentically bold instead of being chained to the incessant trend cycle.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
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At some point in the not-so-far-off future, quantum computers will become powerful enough to easily crack many forms of digital encryption.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Still, those statistics indicate the market is far behind Nintendo, with just under 6 million units shipped compared to the 150 million Switches that have been sold thus far.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2025
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To recap 2025 thus far: Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17 opened to a poor $43 million at the global box office on a $118 million budget.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Institutional knowledge is everything, hence why certain players can win three, four, five or even six times at Augusta National.—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Golfweek learned from 1971 Masters victor Charles Coody that Woods, who suffered an Achilles tear, still isn't able to walk properly, hence his absence from the dinner.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The tariffs were more severe than investors were anticipating — and stocks are consequently getting crushed.—
Nathan Bomey,
Axios,
3 Apr. 2025
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The most effective solutions, Watkins said, are physical changes, including solid vertical barriers, that make speeding, and consequently hitting pedestrian and cyclists, much harder for drivers.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Ergo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ergo. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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