as from

phrase

chiefly British
used to indicate the time or date when something begins
The new law takes effect as from July 1.

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In Iraq, the faction earned rebukes from clerics who had previously supported global jihad as well as from more mainstream religious leaders. Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026 The action takes place in a vacuum, sealed off from inner lives as from wider currents. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026 Visible from outside the museum as much as from within, it was commissioned in 1952 by collectors and LACMA benefactors Sidney and Frances Brody for their midcentury home in LA’s Holmby Hills neighborhood. George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026 Nearly 130 pieces by the designer, drawn from the museum’s large collection of 3,000 works as well as from private collections, form the heart of the show. Ruth Peltason, Air Mail, 22 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for as from

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“As from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20from. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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