as though

as in like
the way it would be or one would do if the applause was so great it was as though the toddler's dance class had been the Bolshoi Ballet

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Recent Examples of as though A lot of research acts as though random variation between training runs doesn’t exist. Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 24 Sep. 2025 In the first days of January 2025, Lobitos is operating as though under lockdown. Sabrina Weiss, The Dial, 23 Sep. 2025 With Yunchan Lim as soloist, the performance was as sharp and shadowed as though it were etched with a burin on a copper plate. Justin Davidson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025 The jolt of the impact woke Ozzy and Sharon, who remembers the smell of fuel and feeling as though the whole thing was a dream. Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for as though

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“As though.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/as%20though. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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