just as well

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: good even if not expected or intended

It's just as well she didn't get that job, since she will now be closer to home.

I really didn't want to stay home this weekend, but it's just as well. I have a lot to do.

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But the data that Nardou, Sawyer, and others collected was revealing something else: LSD worked just as well as MDMA for reopening critical periods and restoring social reward learning in mice. —WIRED, 15 June 2023

According to a new paper published on June 13 in the journal Royal Society Open Science, Lucy could walk around upright just as well as a person. —Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 14 June 2023

All that said, this bag looks and mostly performs just as well as its pricier counterparts. —Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 13 June 2023

Best Coffee Makers Thermacell Mosquito Portable Adventure Repeller $36 at Amazon Thermacell's portable mosquito repeller works just as well as bug spray, if not better. —John Thompson, Men's Health, 13 June 2023

Still, there’s the argument during the final rounds of the draft, HBCU prospects – such as Land or Davis, from this year’s crop – could fare just as well as those from other schools, even those from Power 5 programs. —Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 5 May 2023

And fifth: The recipe works just as well as a plate of nachos. —The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 3 Mar. 2023

Taste testers liked semisweet chips (which are much easier to find) just as well. —Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2023

The absurdity is embodied just as well by him sharing the classified documents with someone from his super PAC and hiding the documents in his shower, a Mar-a-Lago ballroom, and a bathroom with a signature Trump-style chandelier. —Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 9 June 2023