thus, thus far, so far off the mark, 60,000 cycles of takeoffs and landings

 The secret FISA court is made up of 11 federal judges appointed by U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, and has been criticized as a rubber stamp for classified U.S. national-security data requests. President Obama has defended the FISA program and the Prism system, and called for a public debate about the balance between national security and consumer privacy. But thus far, the Department of Justice has resisted calls by Google for permission to report the number of FISA requests it receives separately.

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Paul Richter, a senior Boeing engineer, said that the company had thought the jets would not be vulnerable to serious cracks in their skin until “much, much later,” and that it was surprised that its safety projections were so far off the mark.
He said Boeing had expected the aluminum skin and the supporting joints on the planes to last through 60,000 cycles of takeoffs and landings before airlines need to be concerned about cracks. But the Southwest jet had nearly 40,000 cycles, according to federal regulators.

Definition of thus

adverb

literary or formal

• 1as a result or consequence of this; therefore:Burke knocked out Byrne, thus becoming champion

• 2in the manner now being indicated or exemplified; in this way:she rang up Susan, and while she was thus engaged Chignell summoned the doctor

• 3 [as submodifier] to this point; so:the Ryder Cup is the highlight of Torrance’s career thus far

Origin:

Old English, of unknown origin