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
Muted criticism of tariffs so far as businesses wait and see
Many local businesses are hesitant to comment on Donald Trump’s trade disputes.
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Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Type 1 diabetes is distinct from Type 2 in so far as patients with Type 1 diabetes have a complete inability to produce insulin requiring paraphernalia such as that used by Barbie and is often diagnosed in childhood.
—Gus Alexiou, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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
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Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Type 1 diabetes is distinct from Type 2 in so far as patients with Type 1 diabetes have a complete inability to produce insulin requiring paraphernalia such as that used by Barbie and is often diagnosed in childhood.
—Gus Alexiou, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for so far as
insofar as
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Governments can only spend, provide, and in the case of ENA elites, shower them with endless perks insofar as someone, somewhere is producing.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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Pricing has not been dynamic insofar as tickets to their games have, mostly, held their value.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
9 July 2025
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