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
Its dishes typically cost $349, but this deal brings that down to zero, as long as the customer commits to a one-year contract with a plan that's usually $120 per month.
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Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Cash Back rewards do not expire as long as your account is open!
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025
So, Spoelstra said, let ’em fly, as long as the other components continue that have shaped a star-level career.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2025
Instead of the traditional linear model of take, make, and dispose, circular economies keep materials in use for as long as possible, reducing environmental impact and creating new value streams.
—Namita Gupta-Hehl, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Cash Back rewards do not expire as long as your account is open!
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025
So, Spoelstra said, let ’em fly, as long as the other components continue that have shaped a star-level career.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2025
Instead of the traditional linear model of take, make, and dispose, circular economies keep materials in use for as long as possible, reducing environmental impact and creating new value streams.
—Namita Gupta-Hehl, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Also, inasmuch as awards season itself is a competition that requires studios and distributors to put all their eggs in one basket, A24 is focusing on the (also excellent) Sing Sing this year, spotlighting a bravura lead performance from Colman Domingo.—
Samantha Allen,
Them,
14 Jan. 2025
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Eighty is the new 68, inasmuch as the mortality rate of 80-year-old American women in 2019 was the same as that of 68-year-old women in 1933.—
Jonathan Rauch,
The Atlantic,
10 Dec. 2024
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