as we know it

idiom

: as it exists now
The building as we know it is quite different from how it looked when it was first built.

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“As we know it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20we%20know%20it. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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