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
As of last year [2010], women held 51.4 percent of all managerial and professional positions, up from 26 percent in 1980 …Kate Bolick

Examples of as of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Blancas pointed to a more recent report that showed the authority had spent $12.4 billion as of the end of February 2024. Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024 Authorities were still looking for the third teenager as of Tuesday afternoon. Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024 The tweet has been viewed by over 10 million people as of Monday morning. Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 13 May 2024 These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified and some of which are beyond Jaguar's control. Miami Herald, 13 May 2024 Arizona has received or is slated to get $15.4 billion in federal funding under announcements made as of April under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Inflation Reduction Act, the CHIPS and Science Act and the American Rescue Plan, ranking 7th among the states in federal grants. Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 13 May 2024 Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of the document in which they are contained, and Monogram Orthopaedics Inc. does not undertake any duty to update any forward-looking statements except as may be required by law. Kansas City Star, 13 May 2024 The Florida Bar said as of May 13, 2019, there was $13,933 in the account that Davis kept for Storen’s money. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024 Texas power outage map Over 60,000 power outages have been reported across Texas as of 11:56 a.m. Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1781, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of as of was in 1781

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“As of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20of. Accessed 17 May. 2024.

Kids Definition

as of

preposition
: on entry 1 sense 3, at
we begin work as of Tuesday
as of the moment, things are fine
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