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just as

CONJUNCTION
as
Synonyms
STRONGEST
equally similarly to the same degree
STRONG
being like
WEAK
acting as by its nature comparatively essentially functioning as in the manner that in the same manner with just for serving as
CONJUNCTION
as
Synonyms
WEAK
at the time that during the time that in the act of in the process of on the point of
CONJUNCTION
as if
Synonyms
WEAK
as it were as it would be as might be in such a way that just as if just as though so to speak
CONJUNCTION
as though
Synonyms
WEAK
as it were as it would be as might be in such a way that just as if just as though so to speak
CONJUNCTION
when
Synonyms
WEAK
albeit although at at the same time during howbeit immediately upon just after meanwhile much as whereas while
PREPOSITION
according to
Synonyms
STRONGEST
in accord with in accordance with in agreement with
STRONG
conforming to in consonance with in keeping with in the manner of
WEAK
as reported by as stated in in line with pursuant to to the degree that

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They pressed for home-surveillance footage, combed the city for leads and suspects, and within 24 hours revealed that they had detained a person of interest—and just as quickly backtracked.

From The Wall Street Journal

"There won't be any operations if you treat us with respect, if you respect our interests just as we've always tried to respect yours," he asserted.

From BBC

He predicts that when Mr. Xi dies, we can expect “another swing of the political pendulum toward a more moderate polity, just as that occurring following Mao’s demise.”

From The Wall Street Journal

She might just as well have suggested that we start shopping for a nursing home.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nevertheless, in 1994, he wrote just as insightfully about many of those disasters in another landmark book, “A New Species of Trouble.”

From The Wall Street Journal

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.