so that

conjunction

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Once at the top or bottom, the Marswalker retracts the bracers and opens its doors again so that the S2 can be on its way while the Marswalker waits for the return trip. PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025 New floodlighting has been installed so that all academy pitches can be used in the evenings. James Pearce, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025 Earlier this season, Hurricane Henriette became a hurricane north of Hawaii so that was interesting. Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025 According to the University of Southern California’s Illumin Magazine, funiculars use a counterweight pulley system to generate kinetic energy, so that when one car of a funicular descends, the other car can ascend. Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for so that

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First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of so that was before the 12th century

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“So that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/so%20that. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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