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insofar
[ in-suh-fahr, -soh- ]
adverb
- to such an extent (usually followed by as ):
I will do the work insofar as I am able.
Word History and Origins
Origin of insofar1
Example Sentences
“We don't want to police speech insofar as it chills it,” Unger said.
This city will never be the same, insofar as our sense of safety, our illusions of permanence and so on, are gone.
The op-ed called for Tufts “to end its complicity with Israel insofar as it is oppressing the Palestinian people and denying their right to self-determination — a right guaranteed by international law.“
He is not an authentic person insofar as he lies all the time, but his desire for that attention is so deep, it's coming from such a deep place, he needs it pathologically.
By contrast, term limits specifically are at least vulnerable to constitutional objection insofar as Article III gives federal judges life tenure and salary protection.
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