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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The web of secrets and confessions, schemes and counterplots, short-term pleasures and far-reaching decisions, are couched in dialogue that is pugnacious, vulnerable, comedic, and sometimes richly poetic, and which feels as spontaneous as it is carefully crafted.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2025
But the approach is undoubtedly effective, with a climax that is as scary as it is emotionally resonant.
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Otherwise, a national emergency can technically go on forever, so long as it is reaffirmed every year.
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But equity also demands an equal burden, and by that measure, the lottery falls short as it is disproportionately funded by those with the least disposable income.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2025
But the approach is undoubtedly effective, with a climax that is as scary as it is emotionally resonant.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Otherwise, a national emergency can technically go on forever, so long as it is reaffirmed every year.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
But equity also demands an equal burden, and by that measure, the lottery falls short as it is disproportionately funded by those with the least disposable income.
—Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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“As it is.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20it%20is. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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