as yet

phrase

: up to the present or a specified time
There are as yet few clues …—Sharon Kingman

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These separate developments serve as yet another reminder of, with a few notable exceptions, how ubiquitous Turkey’s homegrown drones have become in the Middle East and North Africa region in a relatively short period of time. — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 But Bernard’s move is a gambit, meant to create a distraction while the Mechanical guerrillas set off dynamite charges in the mines, for reasons as yet unrevealed. — Noel Murray, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026 So, questions of network latency and the computational overhead needed for O-RAN V2X signaling remain as yet unresolved. — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2026 While scientists around the globe believe there's water ice on the moon, said Ye Peijian, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, no one has definitively found and fully evaluated that resource as yet. — Leonard David, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for as yet

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of as yet was in the 15th century

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“As yet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20yet. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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