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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Crime log is based on information as it is listed in the crimemapping.com website.
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Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
Nearly everyone appreciated the tasteful and well-appointed interior, as understated as it is finely crafted.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 11 Feb. 2025
The moves drew pushback from Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who argued to Google that the U.S. cannot unilaterally rename the gulf as it is shared with Mexico and Cuba.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
In more recent history, a mysterious explosion in rural Russia on June 30, 1908 turned out to be the result of an air burst from an asteroid; the Tunguska event, as it is now called, razed over 80 million trees and resulted in the deaths of 3 people, according to eyewitness accounts.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
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Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
Nearly everyone appreciated the tasteful and well-appointed interior, as understated as it is finely crafted.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 11 Feb. 2025
The moves drew pushback from Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who argued to Google that the U.S. cannot unilaterally rename the gulf as it is shared with Mexico and Cuba.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
In more recent history, a mysterious explosion in rural Russia on June 30, 1908 turned out to be the result of an air burst from an asteroid; the Tunguska event, as it is now called, razed over 80 million trees and resulted in the deaths of 3 people, according to eyewitness accounts.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
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