just so
idiom
1
: in a particular way
They feel they have to dress just so to be popular.
2
: arranged in a very neat and tidy way
Everything in her house has to be just so or she gets upset.
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Since then, Brown put his legal troubles behind him and became a successful actor—who just so happens to have a new show on the way.
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Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 28 Jan. 2025
As fate would have it, it's thought that both Ash and Alice were born on March 23, which just so happens to be Isom's birthday too.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
There’s that element that’s just so wound into all of these songs.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025
Those auditions that are just so ridiculous and so heartless.
—Janelle Ash, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2025
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Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 28 Jan. 2025
As fate would have it, it's thought that both Ash and Alice were born on March 23, which just so happens to be Isom's birthday too.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
There’s that element that’s just so wound into all of these songs.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025
Those auditions that are just so ridiculous and so heartless.
—Janelle Ash, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Just so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/just%20so. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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