inasmuch as
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Thomas Jefferson famously observed: “The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them; inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
And when you’re talking to a detractor who has renounced the cult of Michael inasmuch as it can be renounced, you’re also insulting them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024
“Griffith cast a malevolent parch over the throats of local fandom by stating that inasmuch as beer never had been sold in his park, it would not now,” The Washington Post reported, sadly.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2023
Under that scenario, when it came to setting the level of interest rates, the Fed would pay attention to banking problems only inasmuch as they seemed likely to slow down the real economy.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2023
I ask Jacqui, interested only inasmuch as her answer will distract me from darker thoughts.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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