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AS IT IS
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In the actual state of affairs and often contrary to expectations
Example:
he might have been killed; as it is he was severely injured
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Context examples:
In each cycle, a fatty acid is progressively shortened by two carbons as it is oxidized and its energy captured by the reduced energy carriers NADH and FADH2.
(Beta-Oxidation of Fatty Acids Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
The vitamins K are essential for blood coagulation as it is necessary for the hepatic synthesis of the coagulation factors II, VII, IX, and X; deficiency results in a bleeding diathesis.
(Phytonadione, NCI Thesaurus)
I assure you that it was all a mystery to him as it is to you and to all of us.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But you will cut a very good figure as it is.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Were you on those horses, and riding up yonder track, steep and rough as it is, I think that ye might gain the valley beyond.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
This shell is also remarkable as it is very symmetrically round and also remarkably thin.
(Ageing Star Blows Off Smoky Bubble, ESO)
As soon as it is exposed to water, the shell begins to swell up and release the larvicide.
(Thyme oil and corn starch prove deadly for mosquito larvae, SciDev.Net)
They prove that Zealandia was not always as deep beneath the waves as it is today.
(Scientists return from expedition to lost continent of Zealandia, National Science Foundation)
Rosetta also will be the first spacecraft to witness at close proximity how a comet changes as it is subjected to the increasing intensity of the sun's radiation.
(Rosetta closing in on comet, NASA)
There is only one thing I ask in return for my help—such as it is.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
