so that

conjunction

Examples of so that in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Ensure and monitor the process so that employees know the workplace is secure, safe and without prejudice or discrimination. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024 Continental set up the event so that the children were watching the vehicle from right behind a guardrail, extremely close to the vehicle and the track, the lawsuits said, adding that some of the children were leaning over the guardrail and Continental did nothing to stop that from happening. Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2024 To please shareholders and partners, Starbucks wants to improve its workplace so that employees can make career growth plans. Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 10 Sep. 2024 It’s seen numerous spin-offs; not just advice subreddits and confessional subreddits that get at the same yen for revelation and judgment, but subreddits devoted to filtering and curating all those other advice and confessional subs, so that readers can find only the best (or worst) stories. Aja Romano, Vox, 10 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for so that 

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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 23 Sep. 2024.

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