as long as
conjunction
1
: provided that
can do as they like as long as they have a B average
2
: inasmuch as, since
as long as you're going, I'll go too
Examples of as long as in a Sentence
as long as I've got my boots on, I might as well go out and get the firewood
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David Mainiero,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
The spiders build their conical traps around dusk by attaching silk tension lines to a leaf, a task that can take as long as four hours.
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ArsTechnica,
30 June 2026
For as long as the American Dream has been around, homeownership was considered an intractable piece of the wealth-building puzzle.
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Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
Mamdani has agreed to overtime shifts as long as 12 hours for the NYPD.
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Bryan West,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
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“As long as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20long%20as. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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