so that

conjunction

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Emotional control refers to the practice of recognizing and managing one’s emotions, so that a person can respond in a socially appropriate manner to spontaneous news. Chris Morris, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2025 But the trust lies with the folks in red, so that’s the pick. Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025 Join 6 others in the comments View Comments Some companies have taken aggressive measures to identify employees who leak information, such as watermarking or tweaking emails so that different employees receive slightly different versions of the same message. Clare Duffy, CNN, 9 Feb. 2025 That—plus a desire for parity among the teams so that no one clever idea runs away with the series—means there are plenty of spec or controlled components on a current endurance racer. Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 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 Feb. 2025.

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