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Recent Examples of cogency Masterpiece remakes offer something very different, speaking to us with surprising urgency and cogency across time. Jim Shepard, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025 The play echoes this ever-important sentiment but with far less cogency on an American stage. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024 European leaders refused to comment on the record about their perceptions of Biden’s cogency. Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 12 July 2024 Here, his body of writing, published as well as unpublished, historical as well as contemporaneous, stands out for its cogency, intricacy, and fluency. Fredrik Logevall, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022 The emphasis is on technical perfection, formal cogency, and unity of interpretive approach. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024 Yet, by using Martin’s words to ferry one scene to the next, & Juliet also ends up emphasizing the cogency of his work. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2022 But in her first directorial feature in 15 years, cinematographer Johnes doesn’t organize this material with ideal cogency. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 9 Nov. 2022 But Post evidently finds inspiration in the late rocker’s gloomy cogency. Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 9 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cogency
Noun
  • Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell misses this point with his fussing about the possible impact of tariffs on prices.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • Advertisement Though supporters have billed the measure as a symbolic gesture of budget-cutting resolve, the actual fiscal impact of the package is small.
    Nik Popli, Time, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • One possibility that didn’t come up at the meeting: White could file a lawsuit questioning the validity of the signatures on the recall petitions.
    Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2025
  • Recently, some researchers have questioned the validity of the glass cliff theory.
    Kim Elsesser, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • For You The significance of the change in QSBS provisions goes beyond the founders, investors, and venture-capital firms involved in startups.
    Bruce Brumberg, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • Brazilians considered the capital city, which replaced Rio de Janeiro, a symbol of the nation’s future significance on the world stage.
    Emi Eleode, Time, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Traditional acquisitions would face months of review, public disclosure, and potential blocking by antitrust authorities.
    Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • Brianna Moore was arrested in Missouri in October 2024, months after a deceased newborn was allegedly found wrapped in a bloody towel in her dorm bathroom at the Tampa, Fla., campus, Hillsborough County authorities said at the time.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • And Driving Talent Forward Jeff Dodds, CEO of Formula E, explains the broad impact and importance of the rookie test within the championship’s growth strategy.
    Jenn Nelson, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • The film covers the history and importance of political cartoons in global democracies, as well as the decline in the profession and in the newspaper industry.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • So the issue now is time — time needed to build back his arm strength.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
  • In America, excellence, grit, and determination is our strength.
    James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025

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“Cogency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cogency. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.

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