Back when and So far

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So far and back when are semantically related. In some cases you can use "So far" instead an adverb phrase "Back when".

So far adverb - To the degree or extent that.

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Back when and so far are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Back when" instead an adverb phrase "So far".

So far every death has stuck, since the mindless robot zombies don't count as being "alive", and definitely don't count as being who they were back when they were alive ("Whatever that thing was, it wasn't Cliffjumper...").

Source: All Deaths Final
Finally, in "The Great Game," it's revealed that it goes so far back that Moriarty committed the first murder Sherlock tried to solve, all the way back when they were both teens.

Source: Series / Sherlock
She was also apparently quite kind to Nuala back when she was staying in the Dreaming, even going so far as to give the poor girl a necklace, which might possibly be one of the few things that Nuala truly owns.

Source: Characters / The Sandman

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