so far as

conjunction

Examples of so far as in a Sentence

the idea works so far as you've thought it out, but there may be angles you haven't considered
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The telephoto lens feels the weakest of the three, but not so far as to let the overall package down. Ewan Spence, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 Capitalize on high interest rates: Best current CD rates Roberson is going so far as to challenge the credit union, which has nearly $1.5 billion in assets, in district court. Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024 Lionsgate released Small Things Like These in the UK, Ireland and the U.S. in November, with over $6M in global box office so far as international rollout continues. Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024 Three suspects have been arrested so far as a result, one in France and two in Spain. Davey Winder, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for so far as 

Word History

First Known Use

1530, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of so far as was in 1530

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“So far as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/so%20far%20as. Accessed 16 Jan. 2025.

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