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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for the reason that you should not use that source, inasmuch as it is badly out-of-date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. 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 See All Example Sentences for inasmuch as
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Conjunction
  • 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
  • Pricing has not been dynamic insofar as tickets to their games have, mostly, held their value.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 9 July 2025
Conjunction
  • About 14% of service companies in the New York-Northern New Jersey area have scaled back hiring or plan to do so in the next six months as a result of artificial intelligence but few have laid off employees so far as a result of the burgeoning technology, a new survey shows.
    Paul Davidson, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • City councilor Victor McCarty said securing the land for a future park may be his proudest achievement so far as a public servant.
    Jake Allen, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Conjunction
  • Of course, insomuch as a mortgage can liberate anyone.
    Ocean Vuong June 4, Literary Hub, 4 June 2025
  • 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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“Inasmuch as.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inasmuch%20as. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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