How to Use might/may as well in a Sentence
might/may as well
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The steep shale slide might as well have been Mount Everest.
— Jim Carmichel, Outdoor Life, 25 July 2024 -
If film executives continue to feed us horrible IP, we might as well be allowed to rock out in our seats.
— Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 25 July 2024 -
The Stone Age may as well have been named the Wood Age.
— Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 7 May 2024 -
But the play might as well be staged in the lobby of a grand hotel.
— Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024 -
The men might as well get used to being the opening act.
— Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2024 -
Fire might as well be spouting from the tips of his fingers.
— Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023 -
But for Nexstar, the numbers may as well be akin to the Super Bowl.
— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 7 Dec. 2023 -
For many Israelis, the two buildings might as well be worlds apart.
— Dan Williams, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 July 2023 -
Sunday’s 7-4 defeat against the Dodgers might as well have been one, too.
— Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2023 -
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour might as well be the new red carpet.
— Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2023 -
His long melancholy asides to friends might as well be paragraphs on a page.
— Hazlitt, 10 July 2024 -
Her win is so certain that this might as well be the free space on your bingo card.
— Kyle Buchanan, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024 -
That statement might as well have doubled as a sales pitch.
— Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 8 Jan. 2024 -
Opening day of the season may as well have been Christmas.
— Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 4 Apr. 2024 -
So, in many cases, they might as well already be shut down.
— CBS News, 24 Sep. 2023 -
The freaks and me may as well have been wired in a direct feed from the Marshalls, so pure and raw is the group’s transfer of madness.
— Matt Thompson, SPIN, 9 Jan. 2024 -
The private estate sits on two acres, which may as well be a million on the island.
— Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2024 -
The defensive line might as well have been wearing roller skates.
— Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024 -
Heavy, ample, plump, tubby—these might as well be curse words.
— TIME, 2 Feb. 2024 -
Of course, a decade ago may as well be a lifetime ago, as far as the media business is concerned.
— Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2024 -
If the rest of the country — hell, the rest of the world — is going to make Florida the punchline, then those who call it home might as well be in on the joke.
— Patricia Mazzei Jason Andrew, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2024 -
Roberts might as well ask why Buzz Aldrin doesn’t engage with people who think the Moon landing was faked.
— Matt Ford, The New Republic, 30 June 2023 -
Sydney Sweeney just perfected the ponytail, and the rest of us might as well stop trying.
— Kara Nesvig, Allure, 27 July 2023 -
The footage and newsreels might as well have been taken yesterday.
— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 June 2024 -
But the contest might as well be between India and China.
— Sushmita Pathak, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2023 -
The door into Zareh Inc., named for Mr. Thomajan’s father, might as well have been a time machine to a bygone era.
— Bryan Marquard, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023 -
Winter’s looming, might as well use shopping as a way to chase away the impending gloom of rainy days.
— Taylor Gumm, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2023 -
But Kelly and Lynn might as well be on opposite sides of the stadium.
— Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023 -
With this unexpected free time, stars of the show might as well take a vacation!
— Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 15 July 2023 -
For a movie that hardly requires any special effects, so much of it feels like it might as well have been filmed in front of a green screen.
— Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 8 Mar. 2024
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