inasmuch as

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From Middle English in as muche as, in as muchel as (as far as, as much as, seeing that, since, as long as, so that).

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inasmuch as

  1. Because of the fact that; since.
    Synonyms: as, for, given that; see also Thesaurus:because
    • 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the page number)”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, [], →OCLC:
      Which it certainly was. Admiration was the universal sentiment, though some objected that the reply to "Is it a bear?" ought to have been "Yes;" inasmuch as an answer in the negative was sufficient to have diverted their thoughts from Mr. Scrooge, supposing they had ever had any tendency that way.
    • 1940 [1925–29], Mahadev Desai, chapter 27, in The Story of My Experiments with Truth[1], part 1, translation of original by M.K. Gandhi:
      This was a hardship in as much as inquiry showed that even in vegetarian restaurants many courses used to contain eggs. This meant that unless I knew what was what, I had to go through the awkward process of ascertaining whether a particular course contained eggs or no, for many puddings and cakes were not free from them.
    • 1952, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations, Moroccan air base construction. 2 v, page 618:
      This employee was engaged to direct asphalt plants and inasmuch as the work for which he had been employed was completed, he was surplused and his return travel was approved []
  2. To the extent that; insofar as.
    Synonyms: inasfar as, insofar as
    You will improve, but only inasmuch as you practise.

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