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
Assembly Bill 408 would keep details about addicted doctors under wraps as long as those doctors voluntarily enter a new, confidential diversion program that the bill would allow the Medical Board to create.
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Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 10 July 2025
To support hair health and prevent hair from splitting for as long as possible, incorporating nourishing haircare formulas—such as a hair oil—can do the trick.
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 10 July 2025
This marks the sixth year in which The Athletic has taken the temperature of Panthers fans, a stretch nearly as long as the franchise’s seven-year playoff drought.
—Joseph Person, New York Times, 9 July 2025
Here's another easy houseplant that can be brought outside as long as temperatures remain above 50 degrees at night.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 June 2025
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Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 10 July 2025
To support hair health and prevent hair from splitting for as long as possible, incorporating nourishing haircare formulas—such as a hair oil—can do the trick.
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 10 July 2025
This marks the sixth year in which The Athletic has taken the temperature of Panthers fans, a stretch nearly as long as the franchise’s seven-year playoff drought.
—Joseph Person, New York Times, 9 July 2025
Here's another easy houseplant that can be brought outside as long as temperatures remain above 50 degrees at night.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 June 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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