How to Use so as to in a Sentence
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Township boards would locate these so as to best facilitate the daily travel by students on foot or horseback.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 July 2026
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The following is based on conversations with people with knowledge of the pitchers, who spoke on the condition of anonymity so as to freely discuss them.
—Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 17 July 2026
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The regulations are structured so as to ensure that Netflix doesn’t spend that entire quota on a handful of costly titles.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 8 July 2026
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Black Opium is not built on the same territory as Libre, which is a perfume of freedom, so as to address different audiences.
—Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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The actor requested years ago that Cahn inform him ahead of time of any character reveals being kept hidden, so as to feel more equipped to play a guy holding his cards perilously close to the chest.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 1 Aug. 2026
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Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment so as to not incriminate himself more than 100 times – 111 times by some counts.
—Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
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The nation is increasingly seen as a gateway for energy flows from Iraq, including plans for crude oil pipelines, so as to weaken Iran’s leverage over the crucial waterway.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 18 July 2026
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To create the whirlpool Charybdis, which Odysseus must avoid so as to not lose all his men, Fisher says they were inspired by the kind of water displacement created by powerful tugboats and ferries pulling away at a dock.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 July 2026
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The companies that partner with the conference have to be either hiring in Atlanta or allowing their employees to work remotely in the city so as to not promote a migration of talent, Samuels said.
—Mirtha Donastorg, AJC.com, 29 July 2026
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Some of Kate’s style codes include sustainability (rewearing outfits on sometimes numerous occasions), as well as dressing in bright colors, a tip from Queen Elizabeth so as to be seen more easily in a crowd.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 31 July 2026
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