as of
preposition
: on, at, from
—used to indicate a time or date at which something begins or ends
takes effect as of July 1
As of now, it's difficult to tell in a cancer's early stage which patients have which kind of tumor.—
Melinda Beck
Melinda BeckAs of last year [2010], women held 51.4 percent of all managerial and professional positions, up from 26 percent in 1980 …—Kate Bolick
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He wasn't listed on the Pulaski County jail's online inmate roster as of Wednesday evening.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2025
Ortiz’s GoFundMe page, which had an initial goal of raising $25,000, had blown past that mark by more than $55,000 as of Wednesday evening.
—Sam Jane, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2025
Private equity firms completed just 93 deals in China as of end-September, compared with 279 for all of 2024 and 562 in 2022, according to PitchBook data — putting the market on track for its weakest year in more than a decade.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
The aftermath of a ruling against him also could be complicated, if the government must issue refunds for the tariffs that had collected $195 billion in revenue as of September.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2025
Ortiz’s GoFundMe page, which had an initial goal of raising $25,000, had blown past that mark by more than $55,000 as of Wednesday evening.
—Sam Jane, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2025
Private equity firms completed just 93 deals in China as of end-September, compared with 279 for all of 2024 and 562 in 2022, according to PitchBook data — putting the market on track for its weakest year in more than a decade.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
The aftermath of a ruling against him also could be complicated, if the government must issue refunds for the tariffs that had collected $195 billion in revenue as of September.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
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“As of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20of. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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