as in accordance
a state of consistency
little apparent congruence between her professed concern for the poor and her own extravagant lifestyle
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Authenticity is multidimensional and incorporates individuality, congruence, self-awareness, freedom, self-actualization, self-worth and sincerity.
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Naira Velumyan, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
Writing and surgery have many odd congruences: each activity depends for its success on counterfactuals, since there can be no satisfying conclusion to a plot without a potentially unsatisfying one, and no sense of a life being saved unless it could have been lost.
—Will Self, Harper's Magazine, 12 Sep. 2022
The researchers said their findings also suggest appearance congruence is important for trans and nonbinary youths’ well-being.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2023
Hecke’s methods only worked for congruence groups and their modular forms.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 9 Mar. 2023
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Naira Velumyan, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
Writing and surgery have many odd congruences: each activity depends for its success on counterfactuals, since there can be no satisfying conclusion to a plot without a potentially unsatisfying one, and no sense of a life being saved unless it could have been lost.
—Will Self, Harper's Magazine, 12 Sep. 2022
The researchers said their findings also suggest appearance congruence is important for trans and nonbinary youths’ well-being.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2023
Hecke’s methods only worked for congruence groups and their modular forms.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 9 Mar. 2023
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“Congruence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congruence. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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