as many

1. The same number of. For example, He changed jobs four times in as many years means he changed jobs four times in four years. [c. 1400]

2. as many as . A phrase used to qualify the meaning of many as a very large number, depending on what follows it. For example, You can take as many pens as you need . [Late 1300s] Also see as ... as ; as much as .

Example Sentences

“One of the more shocking features of Solar For All was with regards to the massive dilution of the money, as many grants go through pass-through after pass-through after pass-through after pass-through with all of the middlemen taking their own cut — at least 15% by conservative estimates,” Zeldin said in his post.

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As many people shop, go to work, walk their dogs and stroll with their friends through parks, others are being chased down, tear-gassed, detained and assaulted by federal agents carrying out immigration sweeps.

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Across Los Angeles, which includes the Palisades as well as many neighborhoods not adjacent to any fire, rents have remained steady year-over-year.

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The authorities believe as many as 175 bodies were bulldozed into a mass grave in this former opposition stronghold.

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"Sometimes, when I was really struggling, I took as many as eight Xanax a day," she writes.

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