as might be
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Yet that doesn’t mean that all defensive sectors are behaving as might be expected when sentiment is turning uglier.
From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025
But those cuts may be too ambitious – as might be plans to save £550m by cutting 5,500 NHS managers.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2024
In the autoimmune-resistant strain, activating Xist in bioengineered male mice wasn't enough to induce autoimmunity -- as might be predicted by the fact that in this strain even females seldom develop autoimmunity.
From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2024
A bit surprisingly, the on-site celebration of the victory by a Kentucky horse at a Kentucky track was not as raucous as might be expected.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2023
Slowly they paced to trouble the fevered man as little as might be, and Denethor, now bending on a staff, followed them; and last came Pippin.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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