so that
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In order that, as in I stopped so that you could catch up .
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With the result or consequence that, as in Mail the package now so that it will arrive on time .
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so ... that . In such a way or to such an extent that, as in The line was so long that I could scarcely find the end of it . All three usages date from a.d. 1000 or earlier, and the first two are sometimes put simply as so , as in I stopped so you could catch up , or Mail it now so it will arrive on time .
Example Sentences
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It’s now flooded with standardized public-market data, so much so that undergraduates can readily peer inside and participate on nearly equal footing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
So much so that many women have turned to TikTok for help.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
“Everything is free now, that’s what they say. Everything I’ve ever done, gonna give it away,” she sings, before immediately shifting toward plans to make money elsewhere so that she can keep performing.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
CD ladders allow you to buy 1-, 2-, 3-, 4- and 5-year CDs, so that you have one maturing every year.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
They had only been on short training runs so that almost everything they saw on this run was new to them.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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