as in so far as
to the degree that
insomuch as one can ever know about these things, their marriage seems solid as a rock
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Recent Examples of insomuch as
Are you allowed to tease your experience shooting in the Arctic for Part Two?
Only insomuch as nothing has ever been filmed in the Arctic for a movie of this scale.
—
Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 July 2023
But the Department of Defense has relaxed its requirement in recent years, insomuch as football players can defer their military service until their NFL careers are complete.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2023
The future of education in the metaverse shouldn’t be considered a replacement insomuch as an enhancement of in-person learning.
—David Lucatch, Forbes, 20 May 2022
The poster child for this—insomuch as a 70-something retiree from the oil and gas industry can be a poster child—was a man named Doyle Crenshaw.
—Chris Heath, The Atlantic, 15 July 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has complicated aviation insomuch as pilots aren’t getting enough opportunities to fly because airlines have grounded planes and scaled back operations due to a slump in demand.
—Alan Levin, Bloomberg.com, 10 Jan. 2021
Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 July 2023
But the Department of Defense has relaxed its requirement in recent years, insomuch as football players can defer their military service until their NFL careers are complete.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2023
The future of education in the metaverse shouldn’t be considered a replacement insomuch as an enhancement of in-person learning.
—David Lucatch, Forbes, 20 May 2022
The poster child for this—insomuch as a 70-something retiree from the oil and gas industry can be a poster child—was a man named Doyle Crenshaw.
—Chris Heath, The Atlantic, 15 July 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has complicated aviation insomuch as pilots aren’t getting enough opportunities to fly because airlines have grounded planes and scaled back operations due to a slump in demand.
—Alan Levin, Bloomberg.com, 10 Jan. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insomuch as
Conjunction
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But those limits surely do not expand so far as to include private taxation by congressional double delegation.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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Despite the presence of funny guys Jack Black, Steve Zahn, and Paul Rudd, as well as the comical videos released so far as promos for Anaconda, Black says the upcoming film does come with scares.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
21 Mar. 2025
Conjunction
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The puzzle at the center of The Accountant 2 matters insofar as the film needs a narrative propellant.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Mar. 2025
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The scene is masculine insofar as the prisoners and onlookers are all male-coded, and set within an austere space that connotes brute power and authority.—
Sarah C. Schaefer,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2025
Conjunction
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This aligns with broader industry trends, inasmuch as digital transformation in oil and gas is expected to grow by 31% over the next five years.—
Oleg Fonarov,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 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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