so as to

Idioms  

1. In order to, as in We took off our shoes so as to avoid scratching the newly finished floors. This idiom is always followed by an infinitive. For a synonym, see in order to, def. 5.

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Example Sentences

It was a rich time for the industry, and Mr. Dutton, a loquacious Long Islander with a nonclassical family background, recalls getting flown to an awards ceremony in Europe and back again on a supersonic jet, so as to fit the event into their busy schedule in the U.S.

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“Should i bring them all. so as to add some life,” he wrote.

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In handling culinary subjects, she writes, “we must engage in what is called Restorative History,” so as to correct a dominant historiographic slant that “not only omits but actively distorts the experiences of marginalized and minoritized peoples.”

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We believed the Constitution limited the federal government to the powers enumerated in it, and that these weren’t to be construed so as to deny our constitutional rights.

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Taylor Fresh Foods has to be careful about how much of Pacific Valley it owns, so as to make sure it doesn’t become subject to all of the oversight and red tape of a bank.

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