seeing as how

idiom

informal

: for the reason that : because

Seeing as how things were getting worse, she decided to do something.

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Word is the Cowboys are talking to the agents for CeeDee Lamb and Trevon Diggs, which seems like a good idea, seeing as how Diggs has only this season left on his contract and Lamb is good for just two more. —

Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 14 June 2023 And these new powers came in at just the right time seeing as how there's now a supervillain in town. —

Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2022 Only the Andaman Islanders have a distinctive language, which makes sense seeing as how they have been relatively isolated from mainland Asian influences. —

Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2011 French, which makes sense seeing as how the series will be taking place in their native country and fulfills a promise Reedus made to EW that pretty much everything about the new program would contrast with the old one. —

Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Feb. 2023 See all Example Sentences for seeing as how

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