so as to

phrase

: in order to

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The superstar who deferred most of his record 10-year, $700-million salary so as to enable — to obligate — the Dodgers to build a championship roster around him reached base in three of his four plate appearances Wednesday. — Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 Clark used that as a case study for this design so as to not limit how people order their drinks. — Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026 But Question 3 is written in intentionally misleading language so as to trick the voters into giving up their vested rights to free elections. — Chris West, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2026 The dead from Srebrenica were bulldozed into mass graves over four days in July 1995, some of them dug up and relocated to remote mountains so as to hide evidence of the killings. — Ivana Sekularac, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for so as to

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“So as to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/so%20as%20to. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

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