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as if

ADVERB
seemingly
Synonyms
WEAK
apparently presumably supposedly
CONJUNCTION
as though
Synonyms
WEAK
as it were as it would be as might be in such a way that just as just as if just as though so to speak

Example Sentences

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But it’s not as if other conferences have not tried to get bigger TV deals to compete.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Berry felt as if she were in a fog.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

In the domino comparison, it is as if only the final pieces determine the end result.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

To her left, Melvin Gibbs played electric bass—sometimes nonchalantly, sometimes with one bent knee, as if in genuflection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

It was not as if he hated himself.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman