so that

conjunction

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Critically, the Predator’s language is translated so that the three warriors can understand their captors, but that kindness does not extend to letting the prisoners understand each other. Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 June 2025 While most of the dragons, like Toothless, have carried over their adorable quirkiness from animation to live action, the giant monster dragon at the end feels pretty fearsome, so that might freak out your smallest ones. Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 June 2025 Moreover, trial reels are being made available to all users so that reels can be shared with non-followers first, allowing for a read on how the content is performing while experiencing less pressure. Charles Taylor, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025 Scale’s pitch was to supply the human labor needed to improve AI systems, hiring workers to draw boxes around a pedestrian or a dog in a street photo so that self-driving cars could better predict what’s in front of them. Matt O’Brien, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for so that

Word History

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 16 Jun. 2025.

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