as it is
idiom
1
: in the present condition : the way it is
Leave everything exactly/just as it is.
2
: with the situation that exists now
We have enough to do as it is without your latest orders!
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This confidence is not unfounded, as it is backed by the rigorous practicum that pilots, flight crew, ground crew, and mechanics undergo.
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Essence, 24 Feb. 2025
Ship's flight termination system triggered autonomously a few minutes later, as it is designed to do in such situations, causing Ship to break apart.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 24 Feb. 2025
The series, which also stars Kiowa Gordon, Jessica Matten and Deanna Allison, follows Lt. Joe Leaphorn (McClarnon), Jim Chee (Gordon) and Bernadette Manuelito (Matten) of the Navajo Tribal Police solving mysteries on their reservation as it is besieged by increasingly violent crimes in the 1970s.
—Peter White, Deadline, 24 Feb. 2025
Crime log is based on information as it is listed in the crimemapping.com website.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
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Essence, 24 Feb. 2025
Ship's flight termination system triggered autonomously a few minutes later, as it is designed to do in such situations, causing Ship to break apart.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 24 Feb. 2025
The series, which also stars Kiowa Gordon, Jessica Matten and Deanna Allison, follows Lt. Joe Leaphorn (McClarnon), Jim Chee (Gordon) and Bernadette Manuelito (Matten) of the Navajo Tribal Police solving mysteries on their reservation as it is besieged by increasingly violent crimes in the 1970s.
—Peter White, Deadline, 24 Feb. 2025
Crime log is based on information as it is listed in the crimemapping.com website.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
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