as it is
idiom
1
: in the present condition : the way it is
Leave everything exactly/just as it is.
2
: with the situation that exists now
We have enough to do as it is without your latest orders!
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Another option is to shoot the environment around you as it is darkened as the eclipse reaches totality.
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Scott Neuman, NPR, 3 Apr. 2024
The Dalmatian coast is as beautiful as it is overloaded, so head further inland to Bosnia and Herzegovina instead (and return to Croatia’s shoreline in the shoulder season, when temperatures are cooler and crowds are fewer).
—Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Apr. 2024
But if the Fed decides to lower interest rates sometime this year, as it is heavily expected to, mortgage rates will follow — and that could send demand, and prices, soaring.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
While these incidents made headlines, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece was unharmed, as it is protected by bulletproof glass.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
NeurIPS, as it is known, is focused on advances in neural networks, which have anchored recent developments in generative A.I.
The talent imbalance has been building for the better part of a decade.
—Cade Metz, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
The collection is entitled the Heritage X Legacy collection as it is infused with tradition and Westbrook’s view of foundational heritage.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 22 Mar. 2024
Despite measuring a dainty 137 yards from tee to cup, the par-three 17th hole of the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass is as feared as it is revered.
—Jack Bantock, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
This would amount to laying trails of bread crumbs through the forest as it is grown.
—Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
Scott Neuman, NPR, 3 Apr. 2024
The Dalmatian coast is as beautiful as it is overloaded, so head further inland to Bosnia and Herzegovina instead (and return to Croatia’s shoreline in the shoulder season, when temperatures are cooler and crowds are fewer).
—Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Apr. 2024
But if the Fed decides to lower interest rates sometime this year, as it is heavily expected to, mortgage rates will follow — and that could send demand, and prices, soaring.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
While these incidents made headlines, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece was unharmed, as it is protected by bulletproof glass.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
NeurIPS, as it is known, is focused on advances in neural networks, which have anchored recent developments in generative A.I.
The talent imbalance has been building for the better part of a decade.
—Cade Metz, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
The collection is entitled the Heritage X Legacy collection as it is infused with tradition and Westbrook’s view of foundational heritage.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 22 Mar. 2024
Despite measuring a dainty 137 yards from tee to cup, the par-three 17th hole of the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass is as feared as it is revered.
—Jack Bantock, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
This would amount to laying trails of bread crumbs through the forest as it is grown.
—Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
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