so far as

conjunction

Examples of so far as in a Sentence

the idea works so far as you've thought it out, but there may be angles you haven't considered
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Influence only gets a trend or brand so far as accessibility is driving loyalty. Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 22 Sep. 2025 The job reduction would be carried out so far as possible with voluntary departures and buyouts, the company said. Preston Fore, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025 About 14% of service companies in the New York-Northern New Jersey area have scaled back hiring or plan to do so in the next six months as a result of artificial intelligence but few have laid off employees so far as a result of the burgeoning technology, a new survey shows. Paul Davidson, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025 City councilor Victor McCarty said securing the land for a future park may be his proudest achievement so far as a public servant. Jake Allen, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for so far as

Word History

First Known Use

1530, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of so far as was in 1530

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“So far as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/so%20far%20as. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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