insofar as
conjunction
: to the extent or degree that
we agree only insofar as the budget is concerned
Examples of insofar as in a Sentence
The news is good insofar as it suggests that a solution may be possible.
insofar as I know, there are no other complications for obtaining the building permit
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The only criterion for holding Dick’s interest—or really, her own interest, insofar as Dick was her construction—was untrammeled candor.
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Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Much of it is relatively functional – insofar as clients pay several hundred dollars to be transported in bare-bones conditions to Libya’s coast, and onto an overcrowded inflatable dingy bound for Italy or Greece.
—Mick Krever, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Or, to put it differently, insofar as hypocrisy points to an aspiration not met, the aspiration remains.
—Shadi Hamid, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
At the same time, invisibility has come as a relief, insofar as my vanity always kept company with self-consciousness and self-flagellation.
—Lucinda Rosenfeld, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
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Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Much of it is relatively functional – insofar as clients pay several hundred dollars to be transported in bare-bones conditions to Libya’s coast, and onto an overcrowded inflatable dingy bound for Italy or Greece.
—Mick Krever, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Or, to put it differently, insofar as hypocrisy points to an aspiration not met, the aspiration remains.
—Shadi Hamid, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
At the same time, invisibility has come as a relief, insofar as my vanity always kept company with self-consciousness and self-flagellation.
—Lucinda Rosenfeld, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Insofar as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insofar%20as. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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