So that and Thereby

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Thereby and so that are semantically related In some cases you can use "Thereby" instead an adverb phrase "So that".

Thereby adverb - By that means or because of that.

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So that and thereby are semantically related in by that topic. You can use "So that" instead an adverb "Thereby".

Hari and Dors teach Daneel to laugh so that he can publicly laugh off such accusations as ridiculous, thereby discrediting the activist.

Source: Ridiculously Human Robots / Literature
He elaborately stages incidents that would render him unconscious so that he can have the educational dream and thereby avoid the bother of actually studying.

Source: Opinion-Changing Dream
A variation was to have a glass of water on the table positioned so that the toasting glass passed directly above it, thereby toasting "the king across the water".

Source: Double Meaning

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