how so

idiom

: in what way : why does one think that
"This room looks different." "How so?"

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The death toll from this weekend’s bone-chilling winter storm, has climbed to eight, with city officials investigating how so many New Yorkers lost their lives on the streets and whether the deaths were caused by the extreme cold. Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026 Her story reflects how so many Americans are just one crisis away from homelessness. Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 18 Dec. 2025 Doing quality control with that amount of product is very difficult, which is how so many of these mistakes get made. Alan Sepinwall, Wired News, 2 Dec. 2025 But Clarence, an angel, shows him how so many lives would be poorer without him. NPR, 15 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for how so

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“How so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/how%20so. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.

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