just as
idiom
1
: to an equal degree as
Our house is just as nice as theirs.
This one is just as good as that one.
She performs just as well as he does.
2
: in the same way as
Just as we hope to be forgiven, so we should forgive others.
Just as I thought/suspected, the door is locked.
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This early study was published just as countries were shutting down and hospital wards and morgues were filling up.
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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That is our instinct, just as the butterflies are given their instinct to migrate, we are compelled to survive, to go on.
—Chris Wallace, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
The updates come just as Big Tech is pushing AI assistants as the raison d’etre for smart glasses.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 16 Dec. 2024
Scholz's three-party coalition fell apart last month after the pro-market Free Democrats quit in a row over debt, leaving his Social Democrats and the Greens without a parliamentary majority just as Germany faces a deepening economic crisis.
—Fox News, 16 Dec. 2024
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
Get Into the Holiday Spirit by Watching Mariah Carey Bake Christmas Cookies
That is our instinct, just as the butterflies are given their instinct to migrate, we are compelled to survive, to go on.
—Chris Wallace, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
The updates come just as Big Tech is pushing AI assistants as the raison d’etre for smart glasses.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 16 Dec. 2024
Scholz's three-party coalition fell apart last month after the pro-market Free Democrats quit in a row over debt, leaving his Social Democrats and the Greens without a parliamentary majority just as Germany faces a deepening economic crisis.
—Fox News, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Just as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/just%20as. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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