How to Use as it is in a Sentence

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  • Footage shows the van coming to a stop as it is engulfed in flames.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2023
  • This would amount to laying trails of bread crumbs through the forest as it is grown.
    — Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
  • But it is designed to save space as it is set at an angle.
    — Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2024
  • And in 2010, the group added South Africa, completing the acronym as it is known today.
    — Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The microfiber pad can be pulled off as it is attached by Velcro.
    — Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 July 2023
  • This one from Williams Sonoma has a sleek design with a wide base and a narrow neck that lets the wine breathe as it is poured in.
    — Enjanae' Taylor, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Gasoline tends to carry a static electric charge and this charge can build up on the can as it is being filled.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2023
  • This means that it’s made exclusively from the Blue Weber agave plant, as it is supposed to be.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2023
  • That can be very difficult to manage as it is now wounded.
    — oregonlive, 18 June 2023
  • Mulch has great benefits to the landscape as long as it is used properly.
    — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 21 Mar. 2023
  • This allows the juices to redistribute and helps keep them from escaping the meat as soon as it is cut (read: steak that's supremely juicy!).
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2023
  • Do note that this electric option does need to be plugged into a power source as it is corded.
    — Jack Byram, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Jan. 2024
  • But when the generators fire up and the water starts to move, the bass set up in current breaks and feed heavily on bait as it is swept by.
    — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Also, not everyone will love the taste, as it is sweetened with stevia.
    — Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 17 May 2024
  • Above the colorful stage is a small screen on which appears to be the black-and-white film as it is being shot, with subtitles under it.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Leaf mold used to top dress an area of a garden can improve the soil below as it is worked in by the agency of earthworms and other soil biota.
    — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The project, which has yet to be finalized, could mean the demolition of the Tropicana Las Vegas, as it is now known.
    — Livia Albeck-Ripka, New York Times, 20 June 2023
  • And that was after a promotion to the fourth tier, or League Two, as it is somewhat confusingly known.
    — Simon Akam, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The story of ‘Misty’ There is little question that the Beebe family ranch, as it is known by locals, has seen better days.
    — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 9 July 2023
  • This isn’t helped by the backstory of the characters’ friendship, which, at least as it is presented within the show, makes no sense.
    — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The ymt gene is especially key here, as it is known to have been important to the disease’s ability to spread through fleas.
    — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 7 June 2023
  • With its towers, turrets, frescoes, and throne hall, Neuschwanstein (or Schloss Neuschwanstein, as it is called in German) looks like it was plucked straight from your favorite fairy tale.
    — Melanie Lieberman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Thankfully, the race won’t bring a whole new meaning to the crack of dawn as it is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. How many people will participate in the naked ride?
    — Yash Roy, Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2023
  • In her powerful debut, Crooks deftly demonstrates that music is felt just as much as it is heard.
    — Becky Meloan, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Groundwater, which supplies most of the city’s water, is pumped out twice as fast as it is replenished, experts said.
    — Somini Sengupta César Rodríguez, New York Times, 18 May 2024
  • The coastal Texas project, as it is officially known, draws on techniques pioneered by flood-prone countries like the Netherlands.
    — Xander Peters, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
  • The video shows the mare’s head jerking suddenly to the side as it is corralled, followed by the animal flailing and eventually unable to stand.
    — Chris Boyette, CNN, 21 July 2023
  • The tool comes pre-sharpened, and the epoxy powder coating is designed to wear away around the edges first so the sharpened edge will continuously be revealed and grow sharper as it is used.
    — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2023
  • Those from the right feel that giving money for nothing is morally objectionable, as it is assumed that people - by which it is inferred the poor - won’t want to work.
    — Charles Towers-Clark, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Should the feat be accomplished, Australia will find itself with an energy-hunger tool, but one that can defeat hostile armor for as long as it is charged to do so.
    — Kelsey D. Atherton, Popular Science, 2 May 2023

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