so much so (that)
idiom
: to the extent that
The twins look alike—so much so that even their parents sometimes confuse them.
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Google Search, Drive, Chrome, and Android devices form a similar walled garden, so much so that federal attorneys have asked a court to force the company to sell Chrome as a remedy to an antitrust violation.
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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2025
These outcomes further polarize politics and lessen trust in governing institutions, so much so that Americans now express a similar level of confidence in their government as do people in autocratic, dysfunctional Venezuela.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
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Kung fu legend and Hollywood actor Jackie Chan likes to keep things on the down-low; so much so that the name of his yacht remains unknown.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2025
Japanese people in the 1980s, then Taiwanese in the ‘90s, and Chinese in the 2000s — so much so that when the rest of the housing market crashed in 2008, San Marino was untouched.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2025
These outcomes further polarize politics and lessen trust in governing institutions, so much so that Americans now express a similar level of confidence in their government as do people in autocratic, dysfunctional Venezuela.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Photo : Getty Images, JinLong Jackie Chan, 150-foot JinLong
Kung fu legend and Hollywood actor Jackie Chan likes to keep things on the down-low; so much so that the name of his yacht remains unknown.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2025
Japanese people in the 1980s, then Taiwanese in the ‘90s, and Chinese in the 2000s — so much so that when the rest of the housing market crashed in 2008, San Marino was untouched.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
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“So much so (that).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/so%20much%20so%20%28that%29. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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