as in now
for the reason that
as long as I've got my boots on, I might as well go out and get the firewood
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Recent Examples of as long as
There are no income requirements and everyone is eligible, as long as the child is a U.S. citizen, and both parents have Social Security numbers.
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Medora Lee, USA Today, 23 May 2025
Following the process, the brain can resume its previous state and the shunt will remain in place as long as there is too much of the fluid in the brain.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
An allergic reaction lasts as long as your body is exposed to the allergen.
—Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 23 May 2025
Probationary employees and non-essential functions, subject to fewer protections, can be reduced for budgetary or organizational efficiency—as long as due process is observed.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
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Medora Lee, USA Today, 23 May 2025
Following the process, the brain can resume its previous state and the shunt will remain in place as long as there is too much of the fluid in the brain.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
An allergic reaction lasts as long as your body is exposed to the allergen.
—Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 23 May 2025
Probationary employees and non-essential functions, subject to fewer protections, can be reduced for budgetary or organizational efficiency—as long as due process is observed.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for as long as
inasmuch as
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Also, inasmuch as awards season itself is a competition that requires studios and distributors to put all their eggs in one basket, A24 is focusing on the (also excellent) Sing Sing this year, spotlighting a bravura lead performance from Colman Domingo.—
Samantha Allen,
Them,
14 Jan. 2025
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Eighty is the new 68, inasmuch as the mortality rate of 80-year-old American women in 2019 was the same as that of 68-year-old women in 1933.—
Jonathan Rauch,
The Atlantic,
10 Dec. 2024
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