so much so (that)
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: to the extent that
The twins look alike—so much so that even their parents sometimes confuse them.
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The Raiders, meanwhile, are lost offensively, so much so that the team fired its offensive coordinator late Sunday night.
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Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
Achieving a perfect score became the ultimate symbol of an LGBTQ-friendly workplace, and the group wielded it aggressively — so much so that some corporate advisers likened it to an activist hedge fund.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
The Trump era has twisted and tugged at the county’s social fabric, so much so that the answers to basic questions about what is true and who can be trusted no longer appear certain.
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2024
Martin Short and Meryl Streep have been denying romance rumors for close to a year, but there's no denying the chemistry between their Only Murders in the Building characters — so much so that one of the minds behind the show is now weighing in.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
Achieving a perfect score became the ultimate symbol of an LGBTQ-friendly workplace, and the group wielded it aggressively — so much so that some corporate advisers likened it to an activist hedge fund.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
The Trump era has twisted and tugged at the county’s social fabric, so much so that the answers to basic questions about what is true and who can be trusted no longer appear certain.
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2024
Martin Short and Meryl Streep have been denying romance rumors for close to a year, but there's no denying the chemistry between their Only Murders in the Building characters — so much so that one of the minds behind the show is now weighing in.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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