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as in illogic
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as in disunity
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Recent Examples of incoherence
The plot, too, is threadbare to the point of incoherence, with a slew of overqualified performers — including Imelda Staunton and Lesley Manville — left to fill in the gaps as fairies, man-crows, and anthropomorphized mushroom caps.
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Staff Author, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025
The Rise and Fall of Economic Statecraft Overreach and incoherence hobble America’s most powerful weapon.
—Elina Ribakova, Foreign Affairs, 28 Jan. 2025
The second season continued this confusion with a time-travel story often bordering on incoherence.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2025
And Pantera has less exposition than most heist flicks, which gives it an extra frisson of pleasant incoherence.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
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Staff Author, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025
The Rise and Fall of Economic Statecraft Overreach and incoherence hobble America’s most powerful weapon.
—Elina Ribakova, Foreign Affairs, 28 Jan. 2025
The second season continued this confusion with a time-travel story often bordering on incoherence.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2025
And Pantera has less exposition than most heist flicks, which gives it an extra frisson of pleasant incoherence.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incoherence
Noun
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The circular illogic perfectly encapsulates college football.—
Jon Wilner,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2025
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The illogic of dreams is not a riddle to be solved but a noise that can reveal the meaningful signal.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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First, the existential threat that violence and war pose to a new regime leaves no room for division or disunity; elite cohesion is the result.—
Sheri Berman,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Nov. 2022
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From trade and economics to matters of war and peace, the United States and Europe are in an apparent period of disunity not seen in decades.—
James Lamond,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Decades later, that goal remains elusive, with stark racial imbalances persisting in many districts.—
Collin Binkley,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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But unlike previous technological waves, AI’s transformative power is being concentrated in the hands of remarkably few players, creating global imbalances that threaten to entrench existing inequalities for generations.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Another meme hinted at the colonial legacy of immigration headaches and administrative asymmetries between the countries.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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In Asia, the asymmetry in U.S. trade relations with Japan, South Korea, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is somewhat compensated for by the U.S. policy of rivalry with China.—
Robert O. Keohane,
Foreign Affairs,
2 June 2025
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Between the assassination in Sarajevo, the mass slaughter in the trenches, and the stagnant front lines lie disproportions so immense that cause and effect lose all relation.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2025
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Between the assassination in Sarajevo, the mass slaughter in the trenches, and the stagnant front lines lie disproportions so immense that cause and effect lose all relation.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2025
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Meeting her audience at a remedial ground level in the lyrics while waxing ecstatically in interviews about the ambitions of Pink Floyd rock operas, Panos Cosmatos films, and Beyoncé documentaries relays a humming dissonance.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
3 June 2025
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Despite the apparent dissonance, officials from both sides have downplayed any indications of a rift between the American and Israeli leaders.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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While the Marines are expected to avoid direct engagement with demonstrators, the symbolism of active-duty troops patrolling the streets of Los Angeles has reignited deep political tensions and legal debates over the limits of federal power.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
11 June 2025
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Given the state’s history, a lot of tension will arise if uranium mining is allowed to resume in New Mexico.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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The analyst described how Uribe’s experience of violence from a young age defined his politics.—
Alfie Pannell,
Miami Herald,
8 June 2025
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The funds were then guided by an investment plan adopted by the city last September to support youth and youth violence prevention programming to nonprofits and public entities.—
Olivia Cyrus,
Sacbee.com,
8 June 2025
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“Incoherence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incoherence. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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