as in now
for the reason that
as long as I've got my boots on, I might as well go out and get the firewood
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Recent Examples of as long as
Lynch’s win meant Valkyria could never challenge for the title again as long as Lynch was the champion.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2025
There was no need to dial down the pace or artillery as long as the results column was full of big, fat Ws.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Higgins says that split or cracked carrots are generally safe to eat, as long as the cracks are not slimy, dark, or moldy.
—Heather Riske, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2025
Even when the figures were averaged out over seven days — to smooth out any abnormally busy or slow days — the median stay in Broadview approached 48 hours for detainees, or four times as long as the 12-hour ICE guideline.
—Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2025
There was no need to dial down the pace or artillery as long as the results column was full of big, fat Ws.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Higgins says that split or cracked carrots are generally safe to eat, as long as the cracks are not slimy, dark, or moldy.
—Heather Riske, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2025
Even when the figures were averaged out over seven days — to smooth out any abnormally busy or slow days — the median stay in Broadview approached 48 hours for detainees, or four times as long as the 12-hour ICE guideline.
—Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for as long as
inasmuch as
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Also, inasmuch as awards season itself is a competition that requires studios and distributors to put all their eggs in one basket, A24 is focusing on the (also excellent) Sing Sing this year, spotlighting a bravura lead performance from Colman Domingo.—
Samantha Allen,
Them,
14 Jan. 2025
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Eighty is the new 68, inasmuch as the mortality rate of 80-year-old American women in 2019 was the same as that of 68-year-old women in 1933.—
Jonathan Rauch,
The Atlantic,
10 Dec. 2024
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