so that

conjunction

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Before opening the East Fork store, the company’s buying team edited the selection so that there was no overlap between their store and others on the block. Rachel Davies, Curbed, 9 Dec. 2024 Apple offers FaceTime for calls and iMessage for texts, but both only secure iPhone-to-iPhone, so that doesn’t work. Zak Doffman, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024 Our hope is that information about our project be properly and accurately characterized so that it can be evaluated on its scientific merit. Scott Purnell, Baltimore Sun, 9 Dec. 2024 The company summoned all its acoustical trickery to target the sound so that music and podcasts almost seem to appear in your head for intimate yet airy performance. Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for so that 

Word History

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 21 Dec. 2024.

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