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 The Court held that Debtor could not be divested of his management rights under either the operating agreements or Oregon law as a result of his bankruptcy filing because such would be ipso facto provisions invalidated by the Bankruptcy Code. Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 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 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 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023 Legal: The gift of the check was revoked ipso facto by the death of Grandmother, the donor.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
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  • Raises aren’t even necessarily off the table at organizations that are downsizing, according to some experts.
    Cathy Bussewitz, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Christopher O’Leary, a former senior executive at the FBI who now works for The Soufan Group, an intelligence and security consultancy, said that pulling agents into immigration or policing city streets necessarily means dropping other cases.
    Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Throughout history, authoritarian governments have inevitably turned their eyes to faith.
    Rev. Nathan Empsall, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Everyone would sit at the dinner table expectantly, their pork chops in front of them, waiting for a knock at the door that would, inevitably, never come.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025

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