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
Many have been working for as long as five years.
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Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 May 2026
One way to increase those odds, though, is to extend an at-bat for as long as possible.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Energy prices are expected to remain elevated as long as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
In 2010, Congress passed a law requiring Amtrak and other companies to allow firearms to be transported as long as they are checked.
—CBS News, 1 May 2026
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Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 May 2026
One way to increase those odds, though, is to extend an at-bat for as long as possible.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Energy prices are expected to remain elevated as long as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
In 2010, Congress passed a law requiring Amtrak and other companies to allow firearms to be transported as long as they are checked.
—CBS News, 1 May 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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