so that

conjunction

: that sense 2a(1)

Examples of so that in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At one point, a Founder paid off a Starlink bill so that internet service could be restored. — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026

So much so that, in Wild Horse Nine, Chris and Lee both stay there, picking fights with unsuspecting tourists and waving their guns around in the rooms. — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026

Williams sort of took Sam’s advice about confessing her feelings to Eleanor and almost instantly regretted it, so that could get very messy very quickly. — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026

The system should run inside your own cloud or an isolated environment so that personal identifiers arrive scrambled and the vendor never holds the key. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for so that

• begat
• bobcat
• chitchat
• doormat
• ducat
• eclat
• format
• hazmat
• muskrat
• nonfat
• polecat
• thereat