as long as

Definition of as long asnext
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 Patients treated with daraxonrasib lived nearly twice as long as patients offered standard chemotherapy — an outcome unprecedented in the pancreatic cancer field. Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 30 May 2026 But now the program will not accept new kids starting July 1, and will continue sending books to currently enrolled children as long as funding is available. Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026 Filmmakers trying to rack up the bodies didn’t necessarily care whether the protagonists made believable decisions, as long as those decisions led toward sufficiently graphic kills. Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 29 May 2026 Mammotion has done away with the need for an RTK entirely on the Luba 3, as long as there's cell coverage in your area. Joe Salas may 29, New Atlas, 29 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for as long as
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inasmuch as
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  • Literary Hub turned ten this year, which is basically forty in website years (but not 44, thankfully), and inasmuch as it’s been an ugly and convulsive decade in the broader world, it’s been pretty bad for online media, too.
    Jonny Diamond, Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Advertisement What connects Orbán’s targets is not ideology inasmuch as his contempt for their independence.
    David Pressman, Time, 7 Nov. 2025

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“As long as.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/as%20long%20as. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.

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