as in symmetry
a balanced, pleasing, or suitable arrangement of parts
the house has been expanded and remodeled so many times that now it's a jumbled mess that lacks coherence
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Recent Examples of coherence
What distinguishes valuable insight is not its novelty of origin, but its clarity, coherence and relevance.
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Chris Reed, Oc Register, 30 July 2025
In the wisdom economy, value is measured in presence, intimacy and coherence.
—Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2025
Research in adaptive performance supports the idea that healthy systems evolve through tight feedback loops and behaviorally grounded coherence—not through rigid control.
—Scott Hutcheson, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
Twist after twist keeps the story constantly in motion, at the expense of both texture and basic coherence, until the season ends on an oddly open note — less hanging over a cliff than trailing off into the ether.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 21 July 2025
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Chris Reed, Oc Register, 30 July 2025
In the wisdom economy, value is measured in presence, intimacy and coherence.
—Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2025
Research in adaptive performance supports the idea that healthy systems evolve through tight feedback loops and behaviorally grounded coherence—not through rigid control.
—Scott Hutcheson, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
Twist after twist keeps the story constantly in motion, at the expense of both texture and basic coherence, until the season ends on an oddly open note — less hanging over a cliff than trailing off into the ether.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 21 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for coherence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coherence
Noun
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Partial equatorial rings are visible in DFK 52's circumstellar material, but other evidence of a binary, such as bipolar symmetry in the ejected material, is lacking.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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There’s a certain symmetry in moving the other way and bringing out a MacBook using the lower-specced A-Series chipset to power a new class of macOS laptop.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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Human oversight becomes more strategic, while AI agents take on the repetitive, data-heavy work, such as prompt engineering, test orchestration, adaptation and risk assessment.—
Pradeep Govindasamy,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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So if there are different orchestrations, or if something is shortened, or arrangements are different, then choreography and movement respond to what we’ve been offered.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
12 Aug. 2025
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While to some extent these recipes were meant as a way to keep peaches throughout the offseason, many of the proportions suggest that in some instances, brandy was there for a lot more than preservation.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Aug. 2025
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The number of left-handed pitchers in the majors has dwindled over the past five years, and the proportion of games started by left-handers has dropped from 31.9 percent in 2021 to 26.2 percent in 2025.—
Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Note that the correlation 1D_5D indicates the correlation between 1D post-earnings returns and subsequent 5D returns.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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And while correlation between methylation and gene expression was strong, causality was not proven.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Aug. 2025
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Fealty to Trump does not mean there’s complete harmony among Republicans.—
Bill Barrow,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Aug. 2025
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They are typically mirrored and symmetrical, too, an expression of the core Kyrgyz belief in harmony.—
Annie Daly,
Vogue,
20 Aug. 2025
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Nashville faith leaders who gathered at Richland Park on Aug. 17 used their religious unity to support immigrant communities amid a recent wave of arrests.—
Andy Humbles,
Nashville Tennessean,
18 Aug. 2025
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In an interconnected world, the role of a storyteller is not just to entertain but to foster understanding and unity.—
Colin Dougan,
Rolling Stone,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Coherence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coherence. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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