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as in logical
according to the rules of logic
a coherent blueprint to hooking up a home theater system with a minimum of fuss
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as in understandable
capable of being understood
the victim of the attack was too distraught to make a coherent statement
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as in consistent
not having or showing any apparent conflict
a business venture that is coherent with the company's long-range goals
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Recent Examples of coherent
After a shake-up in the leadership of her controversial conservatorship, fans began to grow concerned for the musician who virtually disappeared from public life, but started frequently posting dancing videos to her Instagram, often with wild, semi-coherent captions.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
What once held the promise of innovation in the arts—an AI that could generate art, compose music or write coherent, even beautiful, prose—has begun to feel more like saturation.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The new system generates longer, more coherent clips that look strikingly real.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
He was attended to by team medical personnel and was responsive, coherent, and in stable condition prior to being transported off site for further medical evaluations.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
What once held the promise of innovation in the arts—an AI that could generate art, compose music or write coherent, even beautiful, prose—has begun to feel more like saturation.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The new system generates longer, more coherent clips that look strikingly real.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
He was attended to by team medical personnel and was responsive, coherent, and in stable condition prior to being transported off site for further medical evaluations.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coherent
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On one hand, winning another chip will be at the forefront, so managing players toward the end of the regular season would be logical.—
Stan Son,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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So adding a unit in Nashville was the next logical move.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Such resignation is both understandable and impermissible.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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For all that understandable positivity, right-back has become a barometer for Liverpool’s unsettled start to the season.—
Andy Jones,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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The psychological care group actually had the highest and most consistent improvements, with the participants’ diabetes distress scores cut nearly in half and their A1C levels significantly reduced.—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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This policy protects student safety, privacy, and fairness, while also maintaining a clear and consistent standard across our schools.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
14 Oct. 2025
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This season, fluorescent pink, blue and white formed a rational yet romantic palette — a vision of a young schoolgirl poised to step into the real world.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
17 Oct. 2025
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Their work could be a critical step toward the safe and rational decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi plant, and the technology could be applied to nuclear accident sites elsewhere in the world.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Oct. 2025
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According to a National Park Service contingency plan, roadways and trails that are accessible for 24 hours a day can remain open, but facilities and areas that would be locked or secured during nonbusiness hours must be closed for the duration of the shutdown.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
14 Oct. 2025
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Each of them spoke about the importance of innovation and collaboration in order to overcome the most pressing issues facing rural health systems and about the importance of being vocal advocates for accessible and affordable health care.—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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The 4th gen is also the most compatible Google Nest to date.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Oct. 2025
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The unit is compatible with both household outlets and AC car chargers.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
16 Oct. 2025
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Bowie is quite wonderful as Tesla — mysterious, exotic yet somehow the film’s most reasonable man —while Andy Serkis as his assistant brings sly comedy to an otherwise morbidly serious affair.—
Kirk Honeycutt,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Oct. 2025
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If a landlord or property owner has a reasonable suspicion of a safety concern, such as a health emergency or damage to a residential property, they are allowed to enter without notice.—
Tamia Fowlkes,
jsonline.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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The idea is to make worker feedback less intimidating for companies by turning it into easily comprehensible data and action items.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Aug. 2025
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In the lab, Goldie’s thoughts circled and surrounded the minutiae of analysis and computation, sorted microscopic comparisons, developed overviews that laid out sequences and processes logically and accurately in theories not otherwise comprehensible.—
Annie Proulx,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Coherent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coherent. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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