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
Sliced avocado will not last as long as a half and should be used up within a day.
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Abigail Abesamis Demarest, Martha Stewart, 30 Jan. 2026
While a $6 billion quarterly loss represents roughly 10% of total revenue, the market is willing to accept it as long as the 90% (advertising) continues to expand at rates above 20%.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
The free urban terrain park, which is a joint venture between Denver Parks and Recreation and Winter Park Resort, will be open until March as long as the weather cooperates.
—Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
If the weather in the fall has been dry, give your tree a deep watering as long as the soil remains unfrozen.
—Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2026
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Abigail Abesamis Demarest, Martha Stewart, 30 Jan. 2026
While a $6 billion quarterly loss represents roughly 10% of total revenue, the market is willing to accept it as long as the 90% (advertising) continues to expand at rates above 20%.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
The free urban terrain park, which is a joint venture between Denver Parks and Recreation and Winter Park Resort, will be open until March as long as the weather cooperates.
—Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
If the weather in the fall has been dry, give your tree a deep watering as long as the soil remains unfrozen.
—Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for as long 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
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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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