as in necessarily
because of necessity
if we refuse to tolerate bigotry, do we become, ipso facto, as intolerant as those whom we condemn?
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Recent Examples of ipso facto
This does not ipso facto lead to good governance for a business.
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Sharon Vosmek, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Once upon a time, being in a rock band meant, ipso facto, being in a cover band.
—Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2025
This implies a gradual increase in cost over the long-term, which would ipso facto raise prices.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Presto, ipso facto, one hand washes the other.
—Guy Martin, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
This implies a gradual increase in cost over the long-term, which would ipso facto raise prices.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Any persistent disparity between racial or social groups is taken as ipso facto proof of invidious discrimination.
—Charles Kesler, National Review, 20 June 2024
Since the operation was not vetoed, Adams must, ipso facto, have acquiesced.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
Legal: The gift of the check was revoked ipso facto by the death of Grandmother, the donor.
—Dallas News, 11 Dec. 2022
Sharon Vosmek, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Once upon a time, being in a rock band meant, ipso facto, being in a cover band.
—Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2025
This implies a gradual increase in cost over the long-term, which would ipso facto raise prices.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Presto, ipso facto, one hand washes the other.
—Guy Martin, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
This implies a gradual increase in cost over the long-term, which would ipso facto raise prices.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Any persistent disparity between racial or social groups is taken as ipso facto proof of invidious discrimination.
—Charles Kesler, National Review, 20 June 2024
Since the operation was not vetoed, Adams must, ipso facto, have acquiesced.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
Legal: The gift of the check was revoked ipso facto by the death of Grandmother, the donor.
—Dallas News, 11 Dec. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ipso facto
Adverb
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That’s not something that necessarily comes naturally to me.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
14 July 2025
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As Harvard Business Review explains, those who have historically benefited from being in the majority may perceive DEI as a zero-sum game, fearing that gains for minority groups necessarily mean losses for them.—
Julie Kratz,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
Adverb
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The British mathematical physicist Roger Penrose won the Nobel Prize in Physics for proving in the 1960s that singularities would inevitably occur in an empty universe made up entirely of space-time.—
Charlie Wood,
Wired News,
20 July 2025
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As Jason Mikula pointed out, if these aggregators are forced to begin paying banks on a per data access basis, those costs will inevitably be passed along to aggregators’ fintech customers, and, presumably, those fintechs’ end users.—
David G.W. Birch,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
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“Ipso facto.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ipso%20facto. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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