as regards

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Recent Examples of as regards The Berlin Film Festival has demonstrated reticence about addressing geopolitical matters, but Cannes leader Thierry Frémaux is showing no such hesitation, at least as regards the war in Ukraine. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 23 May 2026 Miss Manners has noticed that this is seldom the case as regards etiquette. Judith Martin, Mercury News, 13 May 2026 In so doing, the Swazi leaders distanced themselves from Britain as regards Rhodesia, and from South Africa too…. The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 Aug. 2025 Meantime, statistics show that as regards the middle classes, which used to be Germany's backbone, the standard of living is far below the pre-war level. Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011 See All Example Sentences for as regards
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Preposition
  • Metro Police detectives are continuing to investigate the shooting, and are in contact with the District Attorney’s Office regarding charging decisions.
    Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Was any decision made regarding reducing Partey’s media obligations?
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Preposition
  • There’s been a lot of discussion about HBO’s decision to hold House of the Dragon’s second season to eight episodes.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 July 2026
  • There generally is no need to proceed with more intensive cardiac screening tests that people hear about for athletes at the professional or high-level collegiate sports level.
    Nicole Williams, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
Preposition
  • Within a minute of coming on for Dani Olmo in the 85th minute, Spain were already targeting Merino with crosses, Pedro Porro flighting one towards him that sailed just over his head.
    Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 11 July 2026
  • Aguilar drove toward his home on Thurston Circle, where a neighbor’s camera showed the Impala cruise down the quiet residential street, music blaring.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Preposition
  • Prosecutors on Thursday aired portions of a recorded interview with Robinson's roommate, Lance Twiggs.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
  • The Giants took a robust step on Thursday night in their quest to avoid becoming the worst team in Major League Baseball.
    Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 10 July 2026
Preposition
  • Residents in Congressional District 24 will get a chance to hear from candidates running to fill the seat of outgoing Congresswoman Frederica Wilson at a forum held in Little Haiti.
    Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
  • This puts the big conflict of the episode into a different sort of relief.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 15 July 2026
Preposition
  • He will be remembered for rule changes that have vastly improved the pace of play, as well as for unifying the league's business arms through what is called One Baseball, but the cap system would be what history remembers most.
    Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Within Qualcomm, Tinic says AI tools are widely adopted to support the software testing life cycle, as well as for research and personal productivity.
    John Kell, Fortune, 8 July 2026
Preposition
  • This is the first opportunity for early clues as to how first-year coaches are doing at JSerra, Los Alamitos, Servite, Orange Lutheran, Long Beach Poly and Oaks Christian.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • Community response immediately cast doubt as to whether the product will really use bone conduction technology to produce audio.
    Paul Monckton, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026

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“As regards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/as%20regards. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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