as much as

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idiom (1)

1

—used to say that two things are equal in amount or degree

He likes hockey as much as he likes basketball.

2

—used to say that an amount is as large as another amount

She earns as much as he does.

3

: almost but not quite

He as much as admitted his guilt.

as much as

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idiom (2)

: even though : despite the fact that

As much as I respect him, I still have to disagree with him on this point.

Examples of as much as in a Sentence

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Customers have been attracted to cable wireless offerings in part due to much cheaper pricing, sometimes as much as hundreds of dollars less each year than traditional wireless plans. —Russell Leung,lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025

Often that coinsurance will cost the patient two or three times as much as their previous copays. —Peter Ubel, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025

Others were found as much as 30 days after the accident. —Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 23 Apr. 2025

Minke whales are considered the smallest of the great, or baleen, whale family, and can grow to more than 26 feet long and weigh as much as 14,000 pounds, according to NOAA. —Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for as much as

• has
• jazz
• topaz
• whereas