as it is
idiom
1
: in the present condition : the way it is
Leave everything exactly/just as it is.
2
: with the situation that exists now
We have enough to do as it is without your latest orders!
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Doing so will prevent the virus from coming into your herd as it is not transmitted by humans, and humans cannot be infected by it.
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Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
If the pH of your product sits between three and four, then it is guaranteed that the strength of glycolic acid is as it is stated on the bottle.
—Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2025
Mercury in Scorpio sharpens our intuition, as it is known to strip conversations down to their core.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
The peace agreed to at Dayton left Bosnia, or Bosnia and Herzegovina as it is known in full, intact as a country but divided into two entities, Republika Srpska – a secessionist entity proclaimed by ethnonationalist Serbs in January 1992 – and the Bosnian Federation.
—Adis Maksić, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
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Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
If the pH of your product sits between three and four, then it is guaranteed that the strength of glycolic acid is as it is stated on the bottle.
—Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2025
Mercury in Scorpio sharpens our intuition, as it is known to strip conversations down to their core.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
The peace agreed to at Dayton left Bosnia, or Bosnia and Herzegovina as it is known in full, intact as a country but divided into two entities, Republika Srpska – a secessionist entity proclaimed by ethnonationalist Serbs in January 1992 – and the Bosnian Federation.
—Adis Maksić, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
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