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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In the final weeks of campaigning, Merz catapulted immigration to the fore – so much so, that he has been accused of leaving the door open to working with the far-right.
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Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
Jailhouse informants are viewed with skepticism in the justice system, so much so that some jurisdictions have restrictions against their use.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
But over time, his use of symbols and rhetoric have grown more extreme and more violent — so much so that it’s gotten hard to keep track — and further gotten hard to tell how much of this is irony, how much of it is innocence, and how much of it is a sincere embrace of white supremacist rhetoric.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025
Demand to buy a spot has surpassed expectations for Fox’s initial rate of $7 million so much so that the network has sold at least 10 of its Super Bowl slots for upwards of $8 million each, a person with direct knowledge of the matter confirmed to CNN.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
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Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
Jailhouse informants are viewed with skepticism in the justice system, so much so that some jurisdictions have restrictions against their use.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
But over time, his use of symbols and rhetoric have grown more extreme and more violent — so much so that it’s gotten hard to keep track — and further gotten hard to tell how much of this is irony, how much of it is innocence, and how much of it is a sincere embrace of white supremacist rhetoric.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025
Demand to buy a spot has surpassed expectations for Fox’s initial rate of $7 million so much so that the network has sold at least 10 of its Super Bowl slots for upwards of $8 million each, a person with direct knowledge of the matter confirmed to CNN.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 7 Feb. 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 3 Mar. 2025.
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