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ergo

[ur-goh, er-goh] / ˈɜr goʊ, ˈɛr goʊ /


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She is a character in a workplace comedy and ergo utterly resigned to the job being hell.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

There is someone who writes to me almost weekly about media’s failures — and I assume, ergo, my failure — and he won’t be mollified.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024

They never consider, for a moment, the phrase "post hoc ergo propter hoc."

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2023

"Only the best are worth wearing that shield, ergo I am the best, and through that thought it turns out that this footballer, already very talented, becomes even better."

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2023

No one knew what was going on inside Bear Stearns or Merrill Lynch or Citigroup, but these places had always been the smart money, ergo their bets must be the smart bets.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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