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as in insofar as
to the degree that
the economic forecast for the coming decade looks promising, inasmuch as we can predict that far in advance
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as in because
for the reason that
you should not use that source, inasmuch as it is badly out-of-date
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Recent Examples of inasmuch as
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.
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Samantha Allen, Them, 14 Jan. 2025
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
Jeb Bush being Hispanic Nine years ago, the American political landscape was very different, inasmuch as there were Republican presidential candidates who were normal and boring in the way that an exhausted, uptight high school principal who hates dancing might be.
—Jp Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
The series, which is horror only inasmuch as international politics are a horror show, fittingly premieres on Netflix on Halloween.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2024
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Samantha Allen, Them, 14 Jan. 2025
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
Jeb Bush being Hispanic Nine years ago, the American political landscape was very different, inasmuch as there were Republican presidential candidates who were normal and boring in the way that an exhausted, uptight high school principal who hates dancing might be.
—Jp Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
The series, which is horror only inasmuch as international politics are a horror show, fittingly premieres on Netflix on Halloween.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2024
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Conjunction
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Throughout, Husain delves into technological minutiae that don’t end up mattering to the overall arc of his argument—insofar as his scattered nattering can be dignified with such a word.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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This is what receivers are for, insofar as a receiver can in many circumstances invade an LLC or partnership and cause the assets to be sold to satisfy the creditor's judgment.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Influence only gets a trend or brand so far as accessibility is driving loyalty.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
22 Sep. 2025
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The job reduction would be carried out so far as possible with voluntary departures and buyouts, the company said.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
Conjunction
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Of course, insomuch as a mortgage can liberate anyone.—
Ocean Vuong
June 4,
Literary Hub,
4 June 2025
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Are you allowed to tease your experience shooting in the Arctic for Part Two? Only insomuch as nothing has ever been filmed in the Arctic for a movie of this scale.—
Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 July 2023
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