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Recent Examples of incoherence
We’re saturated with incoherence — fragmented media, endless information, constant moral redefinition.
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Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
President Biden’s policy since mid-2022 exhibited a veneer of strength, but its incoherence failed Ukraine and damaged American credibility.
—Kathleen Collins, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
Head coach Sean Payton acknowledged some aspects of play-call sequencing need to be cleaned up, but pointed more to in-week prep as the root of Denver’s offensive incoherence.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
This kind of incoherence doesn’t just confuse the public.
—Dr. Craig Spencer, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
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Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
President Biden’s policy since mid-2022 exhibited a veneer of strength, but its incoherence failed Ukraine and damaged American credibility.
—Kathleen Collins, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
Head coach Sean Payton acknowledged some aspects of play-call sequencing need to be cleaned up, but pointed more to in-week prep as the root of Denver’s offensive incoherence.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
This kind of incoherence doesn’t just confuse the public.
—Dr. Craig Spencer, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incoherence
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Wilson operated outside of conventional narrative, trusting in the magic of unexpected illogic.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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But the illogic of it all didn’t make her feelings any less real.—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2026
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Whether that agreement will rapidly come to fruition on such a tight timeline is looking increasingly difficult – especially amid disunity among House and Senate Democrats.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
3 Feb. 2026
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That could be good news for consumers, if OPEC disunity leads to higher supplies and falling prices.—
Amy Myers Jaffe,
Washington Post,
16 Jan. 2026
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Viral memes and TikTok trends play up women’s purportedly excessive spike in libido during ovulation and dramatic irrationality during menstruation and the luteal phase (the 14 days or so between ovulation and menstruation).—
Andréa Becker,
The Atlantic,
3 May 2026
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But this often requires accepting the fundamental irrationality of the wrapping-up process.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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This imbalance helps push more fluid backward while maintaining stability during glide phases, improving overall efficiency.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
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Singri also highlights a growing imbalance between large organizations and individuals.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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Bits and pieces sprawling off the edge of a canvas lead to a mathematical asymmetry.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
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Previous studies investigated several of these features individually, but the new work attempts to reproduce the basin’s shape, crustal asymmetry, and impact direction within a single impact scenario.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
9 May 2026
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Manuel also jangles this apparent order with the striking visual trope of disorienting disproportions of scale—figures appearing unexpectedly small or large in the course’s expanses.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2026
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Sonon, for example, started out as a cartoonist and uses physical disproportion to express the personalities of characters.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Dec. 2025
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The administration has signaled that proposals from Tehran have gotten incrementally better as the negotiations have dragged on, but that disorganization of leadership has complicated the process.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
1 May 2026
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A lot of the case seemed to come down to disorganization and messy paperwork.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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The extraordinary dissonance between his films’ classically cartoonish aesthetic and their thematic bleakness makes Vázquez one of the most singular and consistently surprising animation auteurs working today.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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And then shifting chords where the harmonies overlap, so there’s a moment of dissonance.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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“Incoherence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incoherence. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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