just as if
Example Sentences
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They are interested in and worry about their progeny, but are just as, if not more, concerned with their own problems and lives, which are continuing to unfold in very real, complicated and interesting ways.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
I think there's a reverential approach that is just as, if not more, valuable.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2025
The party has democratic procedures in place for such an eventuality, just as if a candidate dies before being nominated.
From Slate • Jul. 22, 2024
New Caledonians—including those currently ineligible to cast ballots in local elections—are automatically French citizens and entitled to vote in national elections, just as if they lived in mainland France.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2024
There was a philosopher called Charmadas who, it was said, could recite the contents of any volumes in libraries that anyone asked him to quote, just as if he were reading them.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
