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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Fiercely and humanely protect whatever gives you the most joy and grounding as it is needed to provide the core energy and wellspring from which everything else flows. Kat McGowan, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025 Dances can be a temporary dwelling for performers to inhabit and audiences to gaze into, the push and pull, yield and resistance on stage as intense as it is contained. Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025 The car then disappears as it is driven away from the house where it was parked. Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Oct. 2025 The national champions are decided by a finals competition, which has been played in Italy for the past two years as it is deemed unsafe to hold the games anywhere in Libya. Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for as it is

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“As it is.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20it%20is. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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