as long as
conjunction
1
: provided that
can do as they like as long as they have a B average
2
: inasmuch as, since
as long as you're going, I'll go too
Examples of as long as in a Sentence
as long as I've got my boots on, I might as well go out and get the firewood
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Chinese citizens are now living as long as Americans, reaching a milestone nearly two decades earlier than experts had forecast, according to official data.
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Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Nothing wrong with reaching for the stars, as long as everything’s taken care of on the home front.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
And, as long as those videos are posted within seconds of the act, there will probably be no meaningful way to stop them from being shared.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2025
There’s a much deeper level of distrust that dates back about as long as MRS Machining has been around.
—Jim Vinoski, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Nothing wrong with reaching for the stars, as long as everything’s taken care of on the home front.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
And, as long as those videos are posted within seconds of the act, there will probably be no meaningful way to stop them from being shared.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2025
There’s a much deeper level of distrust that dates back about as long as MRS Machining has been around.
—Jim Vinoski, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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“As long as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20long%20as. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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