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.
Examples of just as in a Sentence
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Which is to say, ultimately just as upbeat as Jackson’s take.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 8 May 2024
But just as the words leave Ariana’s mouth, Sandoval walks up to them and tries to insert himself into the conversation by again congratulating Scheana on her performance.
—Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2024
These mini-supercenters of medical care promised transparent and affordable pricing, just as Walton had requested at the Saturday morning meeting nearly 30 years before.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 7 May 2024
But just as Marlowe hopped on the boat to success, the COVID-19 pandemic took the wind out of his sails.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2024
Goldberg still nurses her ambition, just as her mother once taught her, and hopes to return to Broadway in the future.
—Andrew Sciallo, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024
But just as consistent was the fact that other systems posted better performance than the Spectre did from the same hardware, seen most clearly in comparisons with the Lenovo Slim Pro 9i, which had the same graphics hardware.
—PCMAG, 5 May 2024
And just as Aryans were the parents of ancient Germans, the Germans were the parents of modern Europe—a link cemented in the German word for Indo-European, Indogermanisch.
—Maya Jasanoff, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
Pooling behind a low-head dam does not support fish populations very well, but within a year of dam removal, data shows these sites support fish just as well as sites that never had dams, Sweeten said.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 6 May 2024
Chris Willman, Variety, 8 May 2024
But just as the words leave Ariana’s mouth, Sandoval walks up to them and tries to insert himself into the conversation by again congratulating Scheana on her performance.
—Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2024
These mini-supercenters of medical care promised transparent and affordable pricing, just as Walton had requested at the Saturday morning meeting nearly 30 years before.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 7 May 2024
But just as Marlowe hopped on the boat to success, the COVID-19 pandemic took the wind out of his sails.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2024
Goldberg still nurses her ambition, just as her mother once taught her, and hopes to return to Broadway in the future.
—Andrew Sciallo, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024
But just as consistent was the fact that other systems posted better performance than the Spectre did from the same hardware, seen most clearly in comparisons with the Lenovo Slim Pro 9i, which had the same graphics hardware.
—PCMAG, 5 May 2024
And just as Aryans were the parents of ancient Germans, the Germans were the parents of modern Europe—a link cemented in the German word for Indo-European, Indogermanisch.
—Maya Jasanoff, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
Pooling behind a low-head dam does not support fish populations very well, but within a year of dam removal, data shows these sites support fish just as well as sites that never had dams, Sweeten said.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 6 May 2024
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“Just as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/just%20as. Accessed 10 May. 2024.
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