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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In the race to replace the notion of “TV movie” with streaming-only films that could, in another era, compete at the box office, “The Whisper Man” is as good as it gets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
As a place, Appalachia is just as good as any other, but it is also just as flawed.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
"A rhinestone shines just as good as a diamond."
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Why would somebody who could play as good as my father sit in a club and play for no one except their son?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
My visibility is not as good as it was before, but it is close.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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