insofar as
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Jacques looked peevish, insofar as dragons are able to look anything.
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Instead, he went after day cares, which are only tangentially related insofar as they are — along with churches, mosques, schools and community centers — sites that were supposed to get assistance from the fraudsters but never received it.
From Salon
When I took their pictures, they hadn't been to Hamburg, insofar as I knew...
From BBC
"It's my New York mentality insofar as if I'm on a movie or in a social situation, if things are going well, you feel great. And if not, the world's falling apart," he says, becoming far more introspective than I had expected.
From BBC
This is positive for other countries insofar as cheaper Chinese goods boost purchasing power.
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