just so

idiom

1
: in a particular way
They feel they have to dress just so to be popular.
2
: arranged in a very neat and tidy way
Everything in her house has to be just so or she gets upset.

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Fast forward to today’s AI race, and Bloom’s products just so happen to mesh with the needs of the data center boom that’s starving for massive power generation growth very quickly. Jordan Blum, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025 And to me that Good vibrations Marky Mark version is just so Randy. Lynette Rice, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025 There's these rich people who are just so out of touch with reality in a lot of ways, who are kind of existing in their own sort of realm. H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025 Clarissa has an incredibly high standard, which is just so amazing. Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for just so

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“Just so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/just%20so. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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