if so

idiom

: if that is the case
I might be late. If so, please start the meeting without me.

Examples of if so in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Find time for stillness, relaxation and meditation if so. Kyle Thomas, Peoplemag, 9 June 2024 There are also moral questions at play and a basic philosophical disagreement over whether aging should be considered a disease that can be reversed — and, if so, what that even means. Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024 The ad comm meeting will give some clues as to whether approval is likely to go ahead and, if so, what regulatory guardrails to expect. Olivia Goldhill, STAT, 31 May 2024 And if so, would eradicating Hamas somehow avert that prospect? Thomas Meaney, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024 But if so, space and weather forecasters say, look up and see the ribbons of colorful light dancing across the night sky. Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2024 Exuberant and explosive, Real Americans is a social novel par excellence that asks: Are we destined, or made, and if so, who gets to do the making? Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 1 May 2024 This week, after hearing six days of testimony and then closing arguments, the jury has been deliberating whether CACI employees conspired to abuse or torture the plaintiffs, and if so, whether CACI should pay damages. Mattathias Schwartz, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024 And if so, how many? Who was the security guard killed? Charles Rabin and, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024

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“If so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/if%20so. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.

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