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
And, it is considered to adhere to the journalistic norm of objectivity, at least insofar as objectivity is possible.
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Karen McIntyre,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
Some might contend that this seeming implausibility is very much to the film’s point, insofar as many shooters’ identities have taken their communities by surprise.
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Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
But the phrase can and should be applied to the current Iran war, at least insofar as the United States is concerned.
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Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2026
There is nothing inherently wrong with higher-than-average spending, insofar as New York has determined to cover more preventive care that can, in the long run, keep people out of emergency rooms, for example.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
13 Mar. 2026
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Karen McIntyre,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
Some might contend that this seeming implausibility is very much to the film’s point, insofar as many shooters’ identities have taken their communities by surprise.
—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
But the phrase can and should be applied to the current Iran war, at least insofar as the United States is concerned.
—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2026
There is nothing inherently wrong with higher-than-average spending, insofar as New York has determined to cover more preventive care that can, in the long run, keep people out of emergency rooms, for example.
—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insofar as
Conjunction
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Even Netflix, a specialist in premium video entertainment, has moved into the format, going so far as to tap former MS NOW mainstay Brian Williams in a conversational format.
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Pacala went so far as to offer Mottershead co-authorship, at one point placing his name at the top of the paper.
Conjunction
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If anecdotal evidence is anything to go by, the tens of millions of viewers tuning into Fox every day for the soccer spectacle can be lumped into a single body, inasmuch as everybody—as in, like, everybody—seems to dislike Lalas … or at least the version of himself that he’s ginned up for TV.
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Literary Hub turned ten this year, which is basically forty in website years (but not 44, thankfully), and inasmuch as it’s been an ugly and convulsive decade in the broader world, it’s been pretty bad for online media, too.
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