as we know it
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- In something's current form, which is familiar to the speaker and listener.
- the end of the world as we know it
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- “as we know it”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “as we know it” (US) / “as we know it” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “as we know it”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “as we know it”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.