so that

conjunction

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The chair, for instance, is locked in place so that attendees can get a sense of what Willie’s workspace might be like. Daniel D'addario, Variety, 1 June 2025 The recovery was aided by clever mitigation measures, such as shipping autos without semiconductors for certain optional vehicle features, and rewriting code so that chips in less demand, particularly semiconductors with less memory, could be used for other features. Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025 This is also a historic rivalry, so that's why so many people are tuning in. Ryan Stano, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 May 2025 The flight out was arranged so that players travelled from the final match at Old Trafford straight to Manchester Airport. Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 31 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for so that

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First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of so that was before the 12th century

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“So that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/so%20that. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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