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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Traffic flow through the Strait of Hormuz will remain restricted as long as uncertainty persists over the status of the waterway, said Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East correspondent for the Economist.
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Deva Lee, CNN Money, 22 June 2026
No categories to track or remember and cash rewards don’t expire as long as your account remains open.
—Sarah Hostetler, CNBC, 22 June 2026
That monitoring period was set because symptoms of hantavirus have taken as long as 42 days to appear in previous outbreaks.
—Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026
Hazy conditions were visible at Dodger Stadium, where manager Dave Roberts told reporters the Dodgers’ game against the Baltimore Orioles was expected to start on time as long as air quality did not deteriorate.
—Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
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Deva Lee, CNN Money, 22 June 2026
No categories to track or remember and cash rewards don’t expire as long as your account remains open.
—Sarah Hostetler, CNBC, 22 June 2026
That monitoring period was set because symptoms of hantavirus have taken as long as 42 days to appear in previous outbreaks.
—Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026
Hazy conditions were visible at Dodger Stadium, where manager Dave Roberts told reporters the Dodgers’ game against the Baltimore Orioles was expected to start on time as long as air quality did not deteriorate.
—Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 21 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 23 Jun. 2026.
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