How to Use if so in a Sentence

if so

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  • And if so, is there a book in your head that still needs to be written?
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Whether this one does and, if so, how much remains to be seen.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2024
  • And if so, what other shows are on your radar right now?
    Shivani Vora, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • And if so, what is your favorite Star Wars movie or show?
    Grace Segers, The New Republic, 13 Oct. 2023
  • And if so, how many? Who was the security guard killed?
    Charles Rabin and, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
  • And if so, how many of our galaxy’s stars might have been born in Andromeda?
    The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2023
  • So read on to find out how to determine if your finger is, in fact, jammed—and what to do about it if so.
    Allie Conti, Field & Stream, 19 Oct. 2023
  • But if so … then the parents are now witnesses and they will no longer be allowed to sit in the trial.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2024
  • And if so, aren’t those diseases prion diseases as well?
    Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 1 Feb. 2024
  • And, if so, what kind of substance irritates its victims to death?
    Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
  • And if so, could Native Hawaiians have a say on what that industry should look like?
    Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Is there anything else that worries you about your safety and, if so, what worries you?
    Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Is this really happening, and if so, what the heck is going on?
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 3 Sep. 2023
  • There could still be a random late-day shower, but fewer than recent days if so.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
  • The big question is embodied in whether Trump wins with more than a majority, and if so, by how much.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2024
  • The fee is refundable within 90 days if a placement doesn’t work out and, if so, Clyde will look for a new assistant.
    J. Clara Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Does this seem to be herbicide damage, and if so, what are potential sources?
    oregonlive, 16 July 2023
  • However, the rules about whether or not you’re allowed to change plans, and if so, the timeframe in which you’re allowed to change the plan, are complicated.
    Elizabeth Davis, Verywell Health, 17 June 2023
  • That means the jury is left to decide whether Fox knew or should have known the claims were false when the network aired them - and if so, how much to award Dominion in damages.
    Elahe Izadi, Jeremy Barr and Sarah Ellison, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2023
  • What chance is there of their release, and, if so, what is the federal government doing to secure it?
    Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 30 Oct. 2023
  • But if so much of Mrs. Davis‘ tropes and ideas are familiar, what it’s managed to do with them feels thrillingly unpredictable.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2023
  • But if so much of Mrs. Davis‘ tropes and ideas are familiar, what it’s managed to do with them feels thrillingly unpredictable.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2023
  • More studies are needed to determine whether this would be feasible and, if so, whether the water would be safe to drink.
    Marcia Dunn, Orlando Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2023
  • So did Disney dilute the Pixar brand by dumping these movies on streaming, and if so, can the studio recover?
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 1 June 2023
  • Should digital selves and persons be curated, and, if so, by whom?
    IEEE Spectrum, 10 Oct. 2023
  • And if so, how dissimilar is that impulse from the hope that my writing can beat back a fate of inconsequence for me.
    Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Or maybe someone bludgeoned him on an upstairs balcony and then pushed him to his death — and if so, could that someone have been anyone but Sandra?
    Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Nothing of real consequence, if so — maybe a grassy coating in any sustained stuff.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2024
  • And if so, drummer Travis Barker probably has everything to do with it.
    Chris Richards, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
  • The jury will have to decide on whether the company did so with actual malice and, if so, what damages should be awarded.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 Apr. 2023

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