as how

conjunction

: that
allowed as how she was glad to be here

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After World War II, questions of political and economic integration displaced questions of military security, but how to share peace and prosperity has proved almost as difficult as how to avoid war. Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 18 July 2016 In effect, those words could easily be interpreted as how Nike views the competition, i.e., stealing Lontex’s trademark, its employees and even its customers. Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 Most people tend to define charisma as how a person speaks or positions their body, Dr. Jensen says. Julia Sullivan, SELF, 31 Oct. 2024 One key idea in network science is betweenness centrality — defined as how often a node lies on the shortest path between all pairs of nodes in a network. The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for as how 

Word History

First Known Use

1748, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of as how was in 1748

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“As how.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20how. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.

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