How to Use so be it in a Sentence

so be it

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  • If the Snakes would rather use Pham as a full-timer, so be it.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 3 Aug. 2023
  • If Ryan gets his panties in a bunch over it, then so be it.
    Chris Barilla, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
  • And so if that's what [Sam] said to himself, then so be it.
    Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 3 May 2023
  • But if somebody grabs that spot and takes that spot, so be it.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 July 2024
  • Therefore, if Ashley Olsen says socks and sandals are a go, so be it.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 2 Nov. 2023
  • And if that means celebrating a record just to get his name in the same sentence as Bolt, then so be it.
    Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 24 June 2023
  • If that requires sleeping with a soon-to-be college student for a Buick, so be it.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 24 June 2023
  • If there’s a bit of rotating of members under the moniker of Kansas, then so be it.
    Gary Graff, Billboard, 15 May 2023
  • If that means La Jolla subsidizes poorer parts of San Diego, so be it.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2023
  • But if the current litigation against him does not run its course before the election, so be it.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2023
  • And if a bold lipstick shade lends itself to a bolder lipstick print moving forward, so be it.
    Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 19 Oct. 2023
  • If a deal was possible within those parameters, then so be it.
    James F. Jeffrey, Foreign Affairs, 15 Jan. 2021
  • Nonetheless, if that’s what gets Maduro to accept the election results, step aside and allow the Venezuelan public to rebuild some of its civic and political life, so be it.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Blazers general manager Joe Cronin said that if trading Lillard takes months, so be it.
    Afentres, oregonlive, 12 July 2023
  • If that makes his job safe, so be it, but coaches have been fired repeatedly over the years in short order after receiving extensions if things go awry.
    Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
  • If stopping lawbreakers in their tracks means breaching an embassy, then so be it, Ecuadorians interviewed over the weekend told The Associated Press.
    Regina Garcia Cano and Gabriela Molina, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Apr. 2024

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