so that

conjunction

Examples of so that in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web For this, find a soap dish that offers proper drainage and ventilation beneath the bar, so that the soap never rests in a pool of water. Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 14 May 2024 The next step is to refloat the Dali so that it can be guided to a nearby terminal at the port for temporary repairs. Joel Rose, NPR, 14 May 2024 Ascension encourages patients with appointments to bring notes on their symptoms and a list of current medications and prescription numbers or prescription bottles so that health care providers can call pharmacies for patients' medications. Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 14 May 2024 At the time, Barker had dropped everything to return home from his world tour with Blink-182, which postponed three shows so that the drummer could be with Kourtney during the process. Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 13 May 2024 Typically couples own property jointly so that the survivor inherits automatically. Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2024 The big reason for foreign aid is so that U.S. officials can control foreign officials. Jacob Hornberger, Orange County Register, 12 May 2024 Explore our new section As an El Niño phase begins, these winds weaken, so that warm sea surface temperatures move east toward South America. Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2024 Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters/Redux On Thursday morning, Meta released its latest artificial intelligence model, Llama 3, touting it as the most powerful to be made open source so that anyone can use it. Will Knight, WIRED, 19 Apr. 2024

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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 17 May. 2024.

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