as far as

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Recent Examples of as far as The chemical, a weed killer, killed animals and vegetation downstream as far as Lake Shasta. Jacob Fulton, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2023 Lips are sealed as far as deal details go, but Parker is expected to write, produce and direct features in the horror genre. Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2023 Far From Home While the La Tène culture seemingly spread to regions as far as England, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria and the Czech Republic, the Celts never lived in Brandenburg. Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 15 Mar. 2023 But these worries are – at least as far as large language models are concerned – groundless. Nir Eisikovits, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for as far as
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Preposition
  • Currently, there are no specifics as to how much land has been burned or the size of the crew conducting the prescribed fire.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 11 Dec. 2025
  • From the sidelines, an indefatigably kind and patient nurse (Fisayo Akinade) observes these fractious family dynamics with a rueful twinkle, gently counseling the dying matriarch as to how to bring her brood back together.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Dec. 2025
Preposition
  • One of the more common ways bear encounters escalate is when an off-leash dog runs toward a bear, annoys it, and then comes sprinting back to its owner with an angry predator in pursuit.
    Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
  • In one of them he was seen hanging from the edge of a rocky cliff using his bare hands, his legs dangling toward a steep slope in a risky performance without safety equipment.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 16 June 2026
Preposition
  • The crew told her somebody would be in touch with her about federal aid, Pender told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Daniel Salgado embraced his 3-year-old son after speaking about the loss of the boy’s mother, Yarely Ashley Hermosillo, to a shooting authorities said stemmed from a road rage incident the family were innocent bystanders to.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Preposition
  • Local groups Sin Tope and Making Movies performed on the festival’s main stage, giving fans a chance to decompress and have some fun, rather than stressing about their favorite team.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026
  • Another ball that markets are not taking their eyes off is the anticipated historic debut of Elon Musk's SpaceX, which is set to go public on Friday stateside.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 12 June 2026
Preposition
  • And as for washing a cast iron skillet, the answer was more complicated.
    Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 10 Dec. 2025
  • For Japanese people, as for immigrants from other nations, land was a foothold on the American dream.
    Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Preposition
  • Kyle giving Lindsay a piggyback while also trying to take a sip of Loverboy is why these two will always be famous.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 17 June 2026
  • So, when there are situations of self-dealing, the attorney general could get involved.
    Sooji Nam, CBS News, 17 June 2026

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“As far as.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/as%20far%20as. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.

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