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
The job reduction would be carried out so far as possible with voluntary departures and buyouts, the company said.
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
About 14% of service companies in the New York-Northern New Jersey area have scaled back hiring or plan to do so in the next six months as a result of artificial intelligence but few have laid off employees so far as a result of the burgeoning technology, a new survey shows.
—Paul Davidson, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
City councilor Victor McCarty said securing the land for a future park may be his proudest achievement so far as a public servant.
—Jake Allen, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
In fact, one expert in particular is willing to go so far as to say that Auchentoshan is the world’s most underrated scotch label.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
About 14% of service companies in the New York-Northern New Jersey area have scaled back hiring or plan to do so in the next six months as a result of artificial intelligence but few have laid off employees so far as a result of the burgeoning technology, a new survey shows.
—Paul Davidson, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
City councilor Victor McCarty said securing the land for a future park may be his proudest achievement so far as a public servant.
—Jake Allen, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
In fact, one expert in particular is willing to go so far as to say that Auchentoshan is the world’s most underrated scotch label.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for so far as
insofar as
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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
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