1
: commonly named
the so-called pocket veto
2
: falsely or improperly so named
deceived by a so-called friend
Examples of so-called in a Sentence
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Starting in October 2023, payments resumed, but nonpayment wasn’t reported to credit bureaus because the Department of Education provided borrowers with a so-called on ramp.
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Medora Lee, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
Leigh Bowery arrived from Sunshine, Australia, soon conquered the Cha Cha Club and the Camden Palace, and in 1985 opened Taboo—so-called because nothing that happened there was.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
Next year, 13 Hollywood movies slated for release will be shot on Imax digital cameras or film, beating a previous record logged in 2021 when seven so-called filmed for Imax movies came out.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
Among the tactics that are off limits: AI cannot be used to mislead voters, spread disinformation and so-called deepfakes, or deliberately manipulate images.
—Courtney Subramanian, Fortune, 6 May 2024
Bridget Ziegler was appointed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to the board overseeing the special district encompassing Walt Disney World, which DeSantis created in retaliation for Walt Disney Co.’s criticism of his so-called Don’t Say Gay law suppressing discussion of gender issues in public schools.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
There’s stuff in that letter that wasn’t even invented when it was so-called written.
CAROLINA:
Look.
—Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
According to Rebecca Gorman, co-founder and CEO of Aligned , the company’s so-called Algorithm for Concept Extraction, or ACE, is much better at avoiding making such spurious connections.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2023
Read full article The Conservatives will face an early test of their political fortunes Thursday with three so-called by-elections — special elections to fill seats in Parliament vacated by Tory lawmakers.
—Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2023
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Medora Lee, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
Leigh Bowery arrived from Sunshine, Australia, soon conquered the Cha Cha Club and the Camden Palace, and in 1985 opened Taboo—so-called because nothing that happened there was.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
Next year, 13 Hollywood movies slated for release will be shot on Imax digital cameras or film, beating a previous record logged in 2021 when seven so-called filmed for Imax movies came out.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
Among the tactics that are off limits: AI cannot be used to mislead voters, spread disinformation and so-called deepfakes, or deliberately manipulate images.
—Courtney Subramanian, Fortune, 6 May 2024
Bridget Ziegler was appointed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to the board overseeing the special district encompassing Walt Disney World, which DeSantis created in retaliation for Walt Disney Co.’s criticism of his so-called Don’t Say Gay law suppressing discussion of gender issues in public schools.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
There’s stuff in that letter that wasn’t even invented when it was so-called written.
CAROLINA:
Look.
—Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
According to Rebecca Gorman, co-founder and CEO of Aligned , the company’s so-called Algorithm for Concept Extraction, or ACE, is much better at avoiding making such spurious connections.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2023
Read full article The Conservatives will face an early test of their political fortunes Thursday with three so-called by-elections — special elections to fill seats in Parliament vacated by Tory lawmakers.
—Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2023
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“So-called.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/so-called. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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