so far as

as in insofar as
to the degree that the idea works so far as you've thought it out, but there may be angles you haven't considered

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Recent Examples of so far as In a two-minute video released earlier this month, Zeldin, wearing a green striped tie, seemed to go so far as to renounce the agency’s foundational purpose. Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025 The whole thing seemed likely to remain a mystery so far as the public was concerned. Horace R. Hinkley, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2025 But those limits surely do not expand so far as to include private taxation by congressional double delegation. Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025 Despite the presence of funny guys Jack Black, Steve Zahn, and Paul Rudd, as well as the comical videos released so far as promos for Anaconda, Black says the upcoming film does come with scares. Nick Romano, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for so far as
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  • This differs from the previous Rwanda scheme insofar as the latter involved people (in theory) having their applications for asylum processed abroad, while the former will be used (in theory) only for people who have already been rejected.
    Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025

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“So far as.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/so%20far%20as. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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