as in insofar as
to the degree that
the idea works so far as you've thought it out, but there may be angles you haven't considered
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Not too close to Midtown, but not so far as to make for a burdensome commute to the stage door.
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Joanne Kaufman, New York Times, 31 July 2024
In Detroit, 2,504 residents have voted early so far as of Tuesday, according to the Secretary of State's Office.
—Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 22 Oct. 2024
And the WhatsApp effort is part of an overall campaign strategy to reach Latino voters who sat out previous elections, which includes dozens of English and Spanish language campaign events so far as well as ads in both languages.
—Claudia Grisales, NPR, 6 Sep. 2024
The process to fix this has been absolutely goofy so far as a new buff marks the fourth stage of trying to correct this problem.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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Joanne Kaufman, New York Times, 31 July 2024
In Detroit, 2,504 residents have voted early so far as of Tuesday, according to the Secretary of State's Office.
—Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 22 Oct. 2024
And the WhatsApp effort is part of an overall campaign strategy to reach Latino voters who sat out previous elections, which includes dozens of English and Spanish language campaign events so far as well as ads in both languages.
—Claudia Grisales, NPR, 6 Sep. 2024
The process to fix this has been absolutely goofy so far as a new buff marks the fourth stage of trying to correct this problem.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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