as to

preposition

Definition of as tonext
as in regarding
having to do with I'm in a quandary as to how to deal with the problem

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Recent Examples of as to While the law is currently unclear as to whether OpenAI’s agents should be considered entities in their own right or an extension of the company itself, the stakes are high. — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026 Kate Huckelbridge, executive director of the coastal commission, said many questions remain as to how the process will play out. — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026 One Night Only is literally all contrivance, as attested to by the countdown clocks posted everywhere to alert everyone as to when the Sex Purge will be over. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2026 But the difference isn't so stark as to render CDs ineffective now. — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for as to
Recent Examples of Synonyms for as to
  1. regarding
  2. toward
  3. as far as
  4. about
  5. on
  6. as for
  7. as regards
  8. of
Preposition
  • Metro Police detectives are continuing to investigate the shooting, and are in contact with the District Attorney’s Office regarding charging decisions.
    — Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Was any decision made regarding reducing Partey’s media obligations?
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Definition of regarding
Preposition
  • For now, though, soccer’s civil war appears to be heading toward an entrenched standoff of ideas and values.
    — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Speraw believes those programs are positioned well heading toward Los Angeles.
    — Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of toward
Preposition
  • The massive beach continues on for as far as the eye can see, bordered by flowing grassy dunes and massive cliffs hugging its edges.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2023
  • The Wildcats have never made it as far as the Sweet 16, losing in the second round in 2017 in their only other tournament trip.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 18 Mar. 2023
Definition of as far as
Preposition
  • Millard expects to push that number to about 200,000 with improvements to the company’s methods and some additional infrastructure.
    — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Beloozerov also spoke at length with Marina about his sympathies for the country after the Russian invasion in 2022.
    — Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of about
Preposition
  • McCaleb and co-editors Skip Macdonald and Joey Liew, along with Golubić, continued to build sequences from scratch, allowing silence, dialogue, sound design or music to occur naturally depending on the needs of each scene.
    — Deadline, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Russia has fired the Oreshnik missile, an intermediate-range hypersonic weapon, on a handful of occasions against Ukraine in strikes viewed as signalling Moscow’s willingness to escalate.
    — Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of on
Preposition
  • Essentially, that means the member and the company are considered the same tax-paying entity, and tax is applied the same as for a Sole Proprietorship.
    — AllBusiness, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • And as for Amazon’s core cloud business, which has seen its own boost from post-training reinforcement learning and agent tool use, Jassy noted that 85% of global IT spending is still on-premises.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 31 July 2026
Definition of as for
Preposition
  • There’s a New Sound From The AirPods While there’s little information to go on as regards updates and new features, Apple has released firmware updates for its premium ticket AirPods.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • Part of what fascinates and frustrates as regards Ginsberg is that for all of those thick anthologies, propriety forces me to concede that many of the poems simply aren’t that good.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
Definition of as regards
Preposition
  • The oldest of three children, Neil was born in a farmhouse just outside Wapakoneta, today a city of just under 10,000 people.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • As the mastermind behind the Hollywood hair of stars like Stone, Lily Collins, and Zoe Saldaña — and the founder of Rōz Hair — her styling fingerprints decorate awards show red carpets and Instagram feeds alike.
    — Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
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