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
Rakuten is a cash-back app that rewards both online and in-store purchases, as long as the retailer is within Rakuten’s network.
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Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2026
Carriers are clinging on to that premium into the Mediterranean and North Europe for as long as possible.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
But as long as it is mined and simply ground to a fine texture, it is usually considered to meet the requirements of an organic production system.
—Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
This has been a hidden inequity for as long as the pension system existed.
—John Cullerton, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
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Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2026
Carriers are clinging on to that premium into the Mediterranean and North Europe for as long as possible.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
But as long as it is mined and simply ground to a fine texture, it is usually considered to meet the requirements of an organic production system.
—Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
This has been a hidden inequity for as long as the pension system existed.
—John Cullerton, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for as long as
inasmuch as
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Literary Hub turned ten this year, which is basically forty in website years (but not 44, thankfully), and inasmuch as it’s been an ugly and convulsive decade in the broader world, it’s been pretty bad for online media, too.—
Jonny Diamond,
Literary Hub,
16 Dec. 2025
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Advertisement What connects Orbán’s targets is not ideology inasmuch as his contempt for their independence.—
David Pressman,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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“As long as.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/as%20long%20as. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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