insofar

[ in-suh-fahr, -soh- ]

/ ˌɪn səˈfɑr, -soʊ- /

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to such an extent (usually followed by as): I will do the work insofar as I am able.

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Origin of insofar

First recorded in 1590–1600; originally phrase in so far

Words nearby insofar

insistent, in situ, insnare, insobriety, insociable, insofar, in so far as, insol., insolate, insolation, insole

How to use insofar in a sentence

Unsurprisingly, Liverpool struggled — insofar as finishing third and qualifying for the Champions League can be considered struggling — when its spine fell apart last season.
Injuries Hounded Liverpool Last Season. How Good Can It Be At Full Strength?|Terrence Doyle|August 12, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
Speculating over what makes each one tick is an effective way of generating endless tabloid fodder, but it’s only useful insofar as it illuminates what needs to change on a systemic level in order to thwart their successors.
What’s the Point of Trying to Understand Ghislaine Maxwell?|Judy Berman|June 24, 2021|Time
As I tell my students, insofar as I feel any sense of hope, it comes from the persistence of activists, so I’ll be paying attention to movement actors and others holding politicians’ feet to the fire and charting the path forward.
What Has — And Hasn’t — Changed Since George Floyd Was Murdered|Sarah Frostenson (sarah.frostenson@abc.com)|May 24, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
Congress agreed insofar as the Constitution pledged to “promote the general Welfare.”
Covid-19 showed the urgency of investing in public health. Will we listen?|J.M. Opal, Steven Opal|April 9, 2021|Washington Post

Technically not a mob movie since “mob” implies organized gangsters and not the disorganized ones, but insofar as this movie has been cited as an influence on real-life gangsters, it makes the cut.
One Big Happy, Global, Murderous Crime Mob|Sean Culligan|March 26, 2021|Ozy
Certification is voluntary only insofar as work as a physician is voluntary.
Rand Paul and the Certification Racket|Russell Saunders|August 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That is good, insofar as voters who have been hurt or helped by Obamacare can make themselves heard.
Want Hope in 2014? Forget Politics, Focus on Energy and Medicine|Lloyd Green|December 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
We forgive them insofar as Assange and company weaken American power and American authority.
Sunday Q&A: Josef Joffe on the Myth of American Decline|Michael Moynihan|November 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The GOP economic plan, insofar that it exists, calls for austerity budgets, deep tax cuts, and tight monetary policy.
GOP Aims to Cut $40 Billion Out of Food Stamps to Foil Illusory ‘Cheaters’|Jamelle Bouie|September 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And of course I was pro-Israel insofar as I was pro-peace; I was a Christian.
Life After AIPAC's False Dichotomies|Angela Zimmann|September 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It was dead, insofar as he knew, and apparently useless except perhaps as a club, but the botanist was delighted to receive it.
Old Friends Are the Best|Jack Sharkey
In fact, during the past year Alfred had been gradually gaining the mastery of Cousin Charley insofar as mind was concerned.
Watch Yourself Go By|Al. G. Field
It will have much to do with clarifying the situation insofar as this one organization is concerned.
The Everett massacre|Walker C. Smith
Insofar as I know, this is the first report of such seasonal activity in Pelamis platurus in the Americas.
The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacn, Mxico|William E. Duellman
He differed from Pine's former mongrel insofar as he had some sense.
The Duck-footed Hound|James Arthur Kjelgaard

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