as much as

Idioms  

1. The same quantity as. As with as many (def. 2), the meaning of much as a large amount here is qualified by what follows. For example, Please help yourself to as much of the meant as you want indicates whatever amount you wish. [Late 1100s]

2. Also, however much, much as . Even though, no matter how much, as in As much as I hate to, I must stay home tonight , or However much it hurts, you ought to admit you were wrong , or Much as Karen would love to see us, she can't get out of her prior commitment . [Late 1500s]

3. Also, so much as . In effect, nearly the same as, as in Mom as much as told Jane she couldn't go , or The clerk so much as accused the customer of shoplifting . These expressions intensify the meaning of the verb and indicate that the action is unexpected. [Late 1300s]

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as much as

“We build as much as we can up, and just…” Quinonez said, trailing off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

"We're going to do as much as we feel we want to in a continent and then go to the next one," explained Tom.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

For most of the elements they examined, the calculations were as much as two orders of magnitude more accurate than predictions obtained from conventional model-based techniques.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

Yet even Bergman’s most schematic films—the ones in which ideas seem to drive him as much as mood, style or plot—make expressive use of cinema’s aesthetic vocabulary: light, composition, sometimes color, always sound or music.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

He loved children as much as Father did, but while children took to Father on sight, Pickwick had to win them.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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