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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
The party has been unable to come up with a coherent message after being routed by Trump and the Republicans in November, failing to satisfy centrists looking to moderate their image and leftists hoping to intensify their message.
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 26 July 2025
Stitching those impulses into a coherent strategy is the industry’s great challenge.
—Moin Roberts-Islam, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
And so the chamber, because of the work on the body and mind, creates that coherent moment.
—Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 28 July 2025
Then there’s a twist and reveal that becomes a canonical betrayal completely unsupported by coherent motivation, and the whole gambit falls apart.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 19 July 2025
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 26 July 2025
Stitching those impulses into a coherent strategy is the industry’s great challenge.
—Moin Roberts-Islam, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
And so the chamber, because of the work on the body and mind, creates that coherent moment.
—Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 28 July 2025
Then there’s a twist and reveal that becomes a canonical betrayal completely unsupported by coherent motivation, and the whole gambit falls apart.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 19 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coherent
Adjective
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The only way to make it to Hell without dying, though, is to master a series of logical paradoxes, and the rules governing this fictional underworld rely on both magic and a faint grasp of Plato and Aristotle.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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Flacco could be viewed as the logical person to start out of the four, but if Gabriel and Sanders both continue to play well in preseason, why not take a chance?—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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Roberts argued that redefining hemp as the bill does – which is not consistent with federal regulations – could pose new problems for hemp growers.—
Vivian Jones,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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If neither look ready to be a consistent contributor on Sundays, the Cowboys probably have to find someone off another team’s roster.—
Jon Machota,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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Similarly, product aesthetics create powerful first impressions that influence purchasing decisions through emotional connection rather than rational analysis.—
Roy Ward,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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To be clear: This is not how the United States—or any rational government, really—should be deciding on strategy.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
18 Aug. 2025
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In trying to get neighbors to think of them as an accessible space full of history and nature, its leadership realized their wastewater footprint.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
25 Aug. 2025
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The district buzzes with shops (the hotel is connected to The Pavilion Mall), restaurants, and nightlife venues, easily accessible on foot from the hotel.—
Taylor McIntyre,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Aug. 2025
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This customer-favorite wireless charger is compatible with a wide range of phones and wireless earbuds.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Aug. 2025
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The Pixel Watch 4 is compatible with most phones running Android 11 or newer and runs Wear OS 6.0.—
Andrew Gebhart,
PC Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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However, taxpayers who can’t get through on the phone in a reasonable time may get frustrated and hang up without a resolution.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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By any reasonable standard, the Republican Party, both in Connecticut and nationally, has morphed into a right-wing extremist party – there are few moderates left to be found – as Republicans actively work to concentrate political and economic power in the hands of America’s billionaire elite.—
Martin M. Looney,
Hartford Courant,
20 Aug. 2025
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There’s a moment in the final pages of the Voyage when Darwin implies that his apprehension of the magnitude of time comes to him through a kind of via negativa, that Desert Fathers practice of seeking God by stripping away all that is comprehensible and then watching to see what remains.—
Lewis Hyde,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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Sparse autoencoders, for instance, can help simplify neural network activations into comprehensible parts.—
Rishabh Sambare,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Offer valid July 22, 2025, through September 2, 2025.—
Ashton Jackson,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025
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Foreigners with valid visas are entitled to the same public health care access and treatments as Italian citizens.—
Kathleen Peddicord,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Coherent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coherent. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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