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Adult sibling's current state (2,2)

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I believe the answer is:

as is

'current state' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'adult sibling's' is the wordplay.
'adult' becomes 'a' (abbreviation).
'sibling' becomes 'sis' (short for sister).
'a'+'sis'='AS IS'

(Other definitions for as is that I've seen before include "In the existing circumstances" , "With no changes" , "in the present circumstances" , "not changed" , "unaltered" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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