as in so far as
to the degree that
insofar as I know, there are no other complications for obtaining the building permit
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Recent Examples of insofar as
Second, insofar as growth is associated with environmental degradation and inequality, are societies now approaching the point at which its costs exceed its benefits?
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Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, on the left, the ADL is often accused of caring about antisemitism mostly insofar as it can be used as a weapon for its pro-Israel advocacy.
—Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
This is the story of a budding cinephile who stumbled upon an unusual film and resolved, insofar as any 13-year-old can set firm intentions, to spend the rest of his life watching, and writing about, movies.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
This behavior is harmless, except insofar as laws and social conventions go.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 29 Nov. 2024
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Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, on the left, the ADL is often accused of caring about antisemitism mostly insofar as it can be used as a weapon for its pro-Israel advocacy.
—Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
This is the story of a budding cinephile who stumbled upon an unusual film and resolved, insofar as any 13-year-old can set firm intentions, to spend the rest of his life watching, and writing about, movies.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
This behavior is harmless, except insofar as laws and social conventions go.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 29 Nov. 2024
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The two spoke about Meghan's journey so far as an entrepreneur and Silbey asked who is next to join her on set.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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The feature-length film had slightly more narrative adornment — in so far as MacGruber faced off against a central villain, the bloodthirsty sophisticate Dieter Von Cunth, played by Val Kilmer.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
4 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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