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Some of them may be staple items that are just sold out, while others may be of less common interest so that your nursery will have to order them in.—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Mar. 2025 To begin with, Trump froze all research funding so that the administration could decide what should be funded and to be sure that the research was not in any way antithetical to U.S. policies especially those supporting DEI.—Lucie Lapovsky, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025 Each of those physical geometries leads you from one space to the next, and there are lines in the ceiling so that the camera movement feels seamless and never feels blockaded.—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025 Here’s a breakdown by style: A soft cheese, such as a wheel of brie should be cut in wedges radiating from the center so that everyone gets an even piece including a piece of the rind.—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for so that
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First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of so that was
before the 12th century
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