as long as
conjunction
1
: provided that
can do as they like as long as they have a B average
2
: inasmuch as, since
as long as you're going, I'll go too
Examples of as long as in a Sentence
as long as I've got my boots on, I might as well go out and get the firewood
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Strikingly, older mice treated with the peptide can run for twice as long as their untreated counterparts.
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Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
While weaponizing hate has been around almost as long as humanity itself, this new version is particularly scary because the checks and balances that were put into place in previous generations have been removed.
—Steven Burg, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
Colorado is going to continue facing budget struggles as long as voters want both expanded services and limited spending under TABOR, said Bethany Pray, the chief legal and policy officer at the Colorado Center on Law and Policy, a left-leaning anti-poverty organization.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
Kellogg’s won’t voluntarily drop synthetic colors as long as General Mills still uses them, for example.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2026
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Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
While weaponizing hate has been around almost as long as humanity itself, this new version is particularly scary because the checks and balances that were put into place in previous generations have been removed.
—Steven Burg, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
Colorado is going to continue facing budget struggles as long as voters want both expanded services and limited spending under TABOR, said Bethany Pray, the chief legal and policy officer at the Colorado Center on Law and Policy, a left-leaning anti-poverty organization.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
Kellogg’s won’t voluntarily drop synthetic colors as long as General Mills still uses them, for example.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2026
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“As long as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20long%20as. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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