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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In contrast, there is generic generative AI that just so happens to have a capability that encompasses providing mental health advisement.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The most comfortable hiking pants SELF staffers have tried just so happen to have a tapered, jogger-style leg.
—Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 6 Aug. 2025
The cinematography of this film taking place in Oxford is just so sweeping and romantic and magical.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 2 Aug. 2025
A week of pet videos carried us into a new month, which just so happens to be National Dog Month.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The most comfortable hiking pants SELF staffers have tried just so happen to have a tapered, jogger-style leg.
—Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 6 Aug. 2025
The cinematography of this film taking place in Oxford is just so sweeping and romantic and magical.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 2 Aug. 2025
A week of pet videos carried us into a new month, which just so happens to be National Dog Month.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
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“Just so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/just%20so. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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