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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Effective recruitment, therefore, relies on attracting and efficiently screening large volumes of candidates.—
Ryan Hohman,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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The first-quarter import influx likely won’t be repeated in the April-June quarter and therefore shouldn’t weigh on GDP.—
Paul Wiseman,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2025
Adverb
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One that is not so honed in on aging in one type of barrel, but makes superb whisky nonetheless, is Oban.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
22 June 2025
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Three Posts Cayton 5-Piece Tiered Shelf While decor is important, so is having a place to display those accent pieces.—
Rachel Trujillo,
People.com,
22 June 2025
Adverb
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But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thus far refused to do so.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2025
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Skubal’s broad shoulders have thus far been well-suited to handle the weight.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
30 June 2025
Adverb
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The nomination process is confidential, and entries are due by Jan. 31, hence the 2026 nomination.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
20 June 2025
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The Cornell and Stanford researchers could only do their work because the authors had access to the underlying model—and hence to the token probability values that allowed efficient calculation of probabilities for sequences of tokens.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
20 June 2025
Adverb
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Often, players look unsure of team-mates’ positions and can consequently concede possession in dangerous situations.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Trump underestimated Russian President Vladimir Putin’s determination to subjugate Ukraine and has consequently failed to confront the Kremlin with the coercive pressure needed to stop its ongoing aggression.—
Charles Kupchan,
Foreign Affairs,
20 June 2025
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“Ergo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ergo. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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