as in so far as
to the degree that
insofar as I know, there are no other complications for obtaining the building permit
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The scene is masculine insofar as the prisoners and onlookers are all male-coded, and set within an austere space that connotes brute power and authority.
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Sarah C. Schaefer, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
Probably, at least insofar as President Trump has tried unilaterally, by executive order, to change a provision ...
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Sarah C. Schaefer, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
Probably, at least insofar as President Trump has tried unilaterally, by executive order, to change a provision ...
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 25 Jan. 2025
Second, insofar as growth is associated with environmental degradation and inequality, are societies now approaching the point at which its costs exceed its benefits?
—Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, on the left, the ADL is often accused of caring about antisemitism mostly insofar as it can be used as a weapon for its pro-Israel advocacy.
—Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
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