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 new survey will be the biggest fan research initiative conducted so far as part of the project.
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Andy Mitten, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Influence only gets a trend or brand so far as accessibility is driving loyalty.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 22 Sep. 2025
The job reduction would be carried out so far as possible with voluntary departures and buyouts, the company said.
—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
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Andy Mitten, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Influence only gets a trend or brand so far as accessibility is driving loyalty.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 22 Sep. 2025
The job reduction would be carried out so far as possible with voluntary departures and buyouts, the company said.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for so far as
insofar as
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His second claim was partially accurate, insofar as riot police and plainclothes security forces, very much in evidence the night before, did appear to have temporarily withdrawn.—
Davood Moradian,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2026
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Still, Stroheim’s spending was out of control—literally so, insofar as attempting to rein him in seemed to provoke new extravagances.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2026
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