as of

preposition

: on, at, from

—used to indicate a time or date at which something begins or ends

takes effect as of July 1

As of now, it's difficult to tell in a cancer's early stage which patients have which kind of tumor.

—Melinda Beck

As of last year [2010], women held 51.4 percent of all managerial and professional positions, up from 26 percent in 1980 …

—Kate Bolick

Examples of as of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But this is the best practice as of September 2024. —Grant Easterbrook, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024

Already, the airline has begun limiting acceptance of some of these goods given average shipment timelines, restricting the flight of animals as of Tuesday. —Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 11 Sep. 2024

Per official records monitored by Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), more than 36,000 immigrants were held in ICE detention as of August 2024. —Samantha Riedel, Them, 11 Sep. 2024

Three major wildfires north of Los Angeles burned over 60,000 acres as of Tuesday night. —Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 11 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1781, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

as of

preposition

: on entry 1 sense 3, at

we begin work as of Tuesday

as of the moment, things are fine