as how

conjunction

: that
allowed as how she was glad to be here

Examples of as how in a Sentence

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The short memo on Glas does not include key details, such as how many smokers the firm studied. Matthew Perrone, Fortune, 12 June 2026 The research didn’t take a detailed look at the kind of resistance training people were doing or at questions such as how intense the training was or how long the participants rested between sets or movements. Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 9 June 2026 Other myths, such as how tanning your perineum can boost energy and balance hormones, or how eliminating seed oils from your diet will protect you from the sun, have also fed into Gen Z tanning culture. The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026 Imagine that a person was mainly chatting on topics such as how to cook an egg or fix a car. Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for as how

Word History

First Known Use

1748, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of as how was in 1748

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“As how.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20how. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.

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