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—used to say that two things are equal in amount or degree

He likes hockey as much as he likes basketball.

—used to say that an amount is as large as another amount

She earns as much as he does.

: almost but not quite

He as much as admitted his guilt.

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: even though : despite the fact that

As much as I respect him, I still have to disagree with him on this point.

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This type of dolphin with its stocky body and bulbous head can weigh as much as 1,100 pounds and reach up to 13 feet long. —

CBS News, 29 Jan. 2025 The move supposedly could save the government as much as $100 billion, America PAC estimated. —

Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2025 Rolling Stone reported that the show may be aired on MTV as much as 14 hours a day and amid the pandemic, Variety reported that during its peak, the show was aired 113 hours of MTV's 168-hour lineup. —

Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025 Last year, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei revealed in a podcast that training some AI models could cost as much as $1 billion. —

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