as good as
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see good as.
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Practically, in effect, almost the same as, as in He as good as promised to buy a new car, or The house is as good as sold. This idiom is very widely used to modify just about any verb, adverb, or adjective. However, it has been used so often with certain words that together they themselves now make up idioms (see the following entries beginning with good as).
Example Sentences
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Making store brands as good as their household-name counterparts hasn’t been easy.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
“My theory with Raman is, the devil I know is not as good as the devil I don’t know right now. I’ve seen work of the current devil and it’s not good.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Recruiters and hiring managers struggle to determine whether candidates are as good as advertised—or merely good at using AI to cheat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
"I look totally artificial, but I am totally real, as a writer, as a professional, as a human being. A rhinestone shines just as good as a diamond."
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
This was almost as good as if Anna May Wong Productions were still in the works.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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