as though

conjunction

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: as if

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the applause was so great it was as though the toddler's dance class had been the Bolshoi Ballet
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No wonder, then, that members of some old syndicates now seek credit for barring such foreigners from their ranks, as though the yakuza were still defenders of a noble Japanese tradition. — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 If the situation falls outside what the system has been designed and tested to handle, Burnette says the truck can fall back rather than continuing as though nothing has changed. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 The rest of Orion followed them into the sky almost sideways, as though somebody had knocked the Hunter over. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Medicare patients should not pay coinsurance as though the discount did not exist. — Casey B. Mulligan, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for as though

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First Known Use

12th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of as though was in the 12th century

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