as it is
idiom
1
: in the present condition : the way it is
Leave everything exactly/just as it is.
2
: with the situation that exists now
We have enough to do as it is without your latest orders!
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2025
Arizona was granted an exemption from federal law on DST which local network 15 attributes to the state's extreme heat in the summer, though this doesn't apply to the Navajo Nation as it is stretched across multiple states.
—James Bickerton, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
And inmates have been seen to writhe and struggle when the latest method, nitrogen gas, is used to suffocate them as it is pushed through a mask.
—CBS News, 7 Mar. 2025
This confidence is not unfounded, as it is backed by the rigorous practicum that pilots, flight crew, ground crew, and mechanics undergo.
—Essence, 24 Feb. 2025
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