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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you should not use that source, inasmuch as it is badly out-of-date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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Pickpockets and pilots haven’t quite paid off for Arteta insofar as the Premier League title keeps eluding him, but he’s plainly convinced by the quality of mindfulness, and Arsenal are back in the hunt again, top of the table after seven games.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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Many of its most noteworthy films are already scheduled for commercial release soon—which is cause for celebration, insofar as they’ll be seen more widely and more affordably and will even make their way to streaming platforms far from where art-houses bloom.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
25 Sep. 2025
Conjunction
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The new survey will be the biggest fan research initiative conducted so far as part of the project.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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The Philadelphia Phillies suffered a harsh loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers for the second game in a row on Monday and have won just one playoff game in the last two years so far as a result.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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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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