as regards

preposition

variants or less commonly as respects
Synonyms of as regardsnext
: in regard to : with respect to
as regards our previous discussion

Synonyms of as regards

Relevance
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Examples of as regards in a Sentence

as regards her suggestions, I think they require further consideration
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Miss Manners has noticed that this is seldom the case as regards etiquette. — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 13 May 2026 In so doing, the Swazi leaders distanced themselves from Britain as regards Rhodesia, and from South Africa too…. — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 Aug. 2025 Meantime, statistics show that as regards the middle classes, which used to be Germany's backbone, the standard of living is far below the pre-war level. — Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011 Part of what fascinates and frustrates as regards Ginsberg is that for all of those thick anthologies, propriety forces me to concede that many of the poems simply aren’t that good. — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for as regards

Word History

First Known Use

1707, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of as regards was in 1707

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