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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for the reason that you should not use that source, inasmuch as it is badly out-of-date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 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 Those sound like decent specs and a nice intro-level Wi-Fi 7 kit, inasmuch as this early adopter tech can be. Wes Davis, The Verge, 26 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for inasmuch as
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Conjunction
  • Pricing has not been dynamic insofar as tickets to their games have, mostly, held their value.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 9 July 2025
  • Nashville's mainstream country industry in 2025 still faces uphill struggles insofar as LGBTQ+ representation, but tides are showing the inkling of change.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Conjunction
  • The business has since been key to the racketeering charges against Lopez and five others identified so far as being part of the scheme: Carol Cote, Sharon Fedrick, Sheldon Wetherholt, Ying Zhang and Lopez’s estranged wife Robin Severance-Lopez.
    Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
  • But much of the hearing saw Democrats question Kennedy about his tenure so far as HHS secretary, with several blasting his actions in office.
    Joseph Choi, The Hill, 24 June 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 25 Jul. 2025.

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