so long as
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This can make the funds’ returns more volatile, but so long as longer-term bond yields are higher than short-term interest rates, which they usually are, it should increase returns.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 26, 2026
It was ultimately cleared by an appeals court in May and will see the United States provide $1.6 billion over five years so long as Kenya progressively takes on more of the burden.
From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026
According to testimony from the Delaware case, the company allowed Chinese investors to buy stakes in SpaceX so long as the money was routed through the Cayman Islands or other offshore secrecy hubs.
From Salon • Jun. 19, 2026
Homosexuality was only partially decriminalised some six years later, in 1967, when the law changed to allow sex between two men "in private", so long as they were both over the age of 21.
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026
That is only possible so long as things are not going too badly.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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