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MUCH AS
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a similar way
Synonyms:
much as; very much like
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Context examples:
For example, slight differences in protein levels between the ultra-processed and unprocessed diets in this study could potentially explain as much as half the difference in calorie intake.
(Heavily processed foods cause overeating and weight gain, National Institutes of Health)
The possible mid-sized black hole is much smaller than the supermassive black hole that is located in the center of the galaxy, known as Sagittarius A, which weighs as much as 400 million suns.
(Astronomers Find New Evidence for Long-theorized Mid-sized Black Holes, VOA News)
The researchers also noted the girl's father, though Denisovan, had a trace of Neanderthal DNA, from perhaps as much as several hundred generations earlier.
(Fossil genome shows hybrid of two extinct species of human, Wikinews)
But if you can’t run, walk as much as you can too.
(Reduce Risk of Early Death with Any Amount of Running, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Regions in coastal France received as much as six inches of rainfall.
(France's Flooding Rains Examined by NASA’s IMERG, NASA)
Mr. Peggotty gave his head another toss, as much as to say: “Of course he will.”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
"Ye'll excoose me, I know, for a-chaffin' of ye, but the old woman here winked at me, which was as much as telling me to go on."
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
She sits alone a good deal, and doesn't talk to her father as much as she used.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
And for your own sake try to avoid witnessing, as much as you can, the brutalities of the ship.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Only as much as we can deduce.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
