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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Palmistry experienced a huge resurgence in 19th-century England and America, just as the science of fingerprints was being developed.
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Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
But it could potentially be used for a variety of different applications as its properties are refined, just as silk is used for many industrial and commercial products today.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
But emotionally intimate scenes can be just as embarrassing as physically intimate scenes.
—Margy Rochlin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
On this week's Raw, Sheamus made his return just as Kaiser was in the ring, cutting a promo and taunting the Houston crowd.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
But it could potentially be used for a variety of different applications as its properties are refined, just as silk is used for many industrial and commercial products today.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
But emotionally intimate scenes can be just as embarrassing as physically intimate scenes.
—Margy Rochlin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
On this week's Raw, Sheamus made his return just as Kaiser was in the ring, cutting a promo and taunting the Houston crowd.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Just as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/just%20as. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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