How to Use might/may as well in a Sentence

might/may as well

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  • The Stone Age may as well have been named the Wood Age.
    — Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 7 May 2024
  • We’re stuck with it, though, so might as well go with the pterosaur flow.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 2 July 2025
  • But the play might as well be staged in the lobby of a grand hotel.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
  • The men might as well get used to being the opening act.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The steep shale slide might as well have been Mount Everest.
    — Jim Carmichel, Outdoor Life, 25 July 2024
  • For me, he might as well have been backlit with a smoke.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Fire might as well be spouting from the tips of his fingers.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • But for Nexstar, the numbers may as well be akin to the Super Bowl.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 7 Dec. 2023
  • For many Israelis, the two buildings might as well be worlds apart.
    — Dan Williams, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 July 2023
  • Sunday’s 7-4 defeat against the Dodgers might as well have been one, too.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2023
  • As a result, there might as well have been a turnstile to and from the head coach’s office.
    — Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
  • And those who haven't read his other work yet might as well order the whole set.
    — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 3 July 2025
  • Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour might as well be the new red carpet.
    — Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2023
  • His long melancholy asides to friends might as well be paragraphs on a page.
    — Hazlitt, 10 July 2024
  • Her win is so certain that this might as well be the free space on your bingo card.
    — Kyle Buchanan, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
  • That statement might as well have doubled as a sales pitch.
    — Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The Chargers might as well ask Bosa to take a pay cut for a second straight season.
    — Daniel Popper, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Our front door might as well have been a revolving one.
    — Ivy Odom, Southern Living, 11 June 2025
  • The saying may as well apply to the form of the bio-musical itself.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Opening day of the season may as well have been Christmas.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 4 Apr. 2024
  • So the Sox might as well relax and play without fear the rest of the season, with nothing to lose but their lunch.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025
  • So, in many cases, they might as well already be shut down.
    — CBS News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • The freaks and me may as well have been wired in a direct feed from the Marshalls, so pure and raw is the group’s transfer of madness.
    — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The private estate sits on two acres, which may as well be a million on the island.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2024
  • For some Swifties, their favorite singer might as well have endorsed Trump.
    — Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
  • By the time Francis exited, the crowd might as well have been on top of him, encircling the mound.
    — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 15 June 2025
  • The defensive line might as well have been wearing roller skates.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Heavy, ample, plump, tubby—these might as well be curse words.
    — TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Callahan, Leverenz, and O’Brien had just borrowed $12.5 million to buy a store of wine that now might as well be on the moon.
    — Josh Condon, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Of course, a decade ago may as well be a lifetime ago, as far as the media business is concerned.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2024

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