as in so far as
to the degree that
insofar as I know, there are no other complications for obtaining the building permit
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Recent Examples of insofar as
This differs from the previous Rwanda scheme insofar as the latter involved people (in theory) having their applications for asylum processed abroad, while the former will be used (in theory) only for people who have already been rejected.
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Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
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
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
Second, insofar as growth is associated with environmental degradation and inequality, are societies now approaching the point at which its costs exceed its benefits?
—Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
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Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
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
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
Second, insofar as growth is associated with environmental degradation and inequality, are societies now approaching the point at which its costs exceed its benefits?
—Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
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Experts say whether the conflict between Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan spirals into the latest of several wars since the end of British colonial rule in 1947 depends on whether Pakistan can cast its response so far as sufficient and find a political off-ramp.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC news,
8 May 2025
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On the Republican side, fewer names have been floated so far as 2028 presidential contenders.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
5 May 2025
Conjunction
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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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