as far as

Idioms  

1. Also, so far as. To the extent, degree, or amount that. This phrase alone is always used to modify a verb, as in As far as I can tell it's an authentic antique, or It's a good job as far as it goes, but it may need more work, or James said that, so far as he can remember, he's never met Mike. [c. 1300] Also see the subsequent idioms beginning with as far as.

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as far as

“I’m here today to retract that statement I made a few months ago as far as those voters being on the roll,” he said at the meeting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Altman commented on X that he agreed with Amodei and that OpenAI would “do the same” as far as working with independent evaluators.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 12, 2026

The later study found that water reached elevations of 3.5 meters locally and flooded as far as 150 meters inland.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

His defence team went as far as to argue there wasn't even proof that he was in Las Vegas that night.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

All the time we stayed away from any towns and villages, and kept as far as possible to the valleys and woods where we would be less likely to be seen.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo