so long as

conjunction

Definition of so long asnext
as in while
at or during the time that so long as you're staying with us, you may not smoke indoors

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Recent Examples of so long as Outside the presidency, a person can continue to serve in federal office so long as they keep getting reelected. — Houston Keene, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2023 West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin has transparently vowed to vote down his appointees so long as the White House disobeys his and his donors’ thirst for ever more drilling. — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 17 Mar. 2023 Director Chad Stahelski mines humor from Caine’s reluctance and the over-the-top nature of the carnage, dragging out the violent sequences so long as to wear down resistance. — Brian Lowry, CNN, 23 Mar. 2023 Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones seemed to hint at a forthcoming salary reduction by saying earlier in February that the team wanted Elliott to return so long as doing so worked financially for both parties. — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023 See All Example Sentences for so long as

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“So long as.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/so%20long%20as. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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