just as
idiom
1
: to an equal degree as
Our house is just as nice as theirs.
This one is just as good as that one.
She performs just as well as he does.
2
: in the same way as
Just as we hope to be forgiven, so we should forgive others.
Just as I thought/suspected, the door is locked.
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However, awareness is just as crucial, Gemmell wrote, as doctors can only diagnose a problem if it's brought before them.
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Rachel Raposas, People.com, 16 May 2025
But emotional abuse can trigger PTSD and other mental health conditions, just as physical abuse can.
—Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 16 May 2025
The group is just as varied in background as it is unified in purpose.
—Eda Uysen, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2025
An urbane middle-aged couple was summoned to the bar for prime seats just as the man was pulling up a BBC video about barnacle geese, a species that nests on high cliffs and whose flightless newborns fling themselves hundreds of feet to reunite with their grazing parents.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
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Rachel Raposas, People.com, 16 May 2025
But emotional abuse can trigger PTSD and other mental health conditions, just as physical abuse can.
—Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 16 May 2025
The group is just as varied in background as it is unified in purpose.
—Eda Uysen, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2025
An urbane middle-aged couple was summoned to the bar for prime seats just as the man was pulling up a BBC video about barnacle geese, a species that nests on high cliffs and whose flightless newborns fling themselves hundreds of feet to reunite with their grazing parents.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
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“Just as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/just%20as. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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