1
as in effectiveness
the capacity to persuade
the cogency of Thomas Paine's celebrated case for American independence
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as in impact
the quality of an utterance that provokes interest and produces an effect
satirical comments of great cogency
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Recent Examples of cogency
In one of its most demanding assignments of recent memory, the San Francisco Opera Chorus led by John Keene embodies one population after another — monkeys, undersea dwellers, gods and heavenly hangers-on — and does it with power and cogency.
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Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2025
TikTok’s algorithm started swamping me with humanities grad students of varying cogency.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
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
The emphasis is on technical perfection, formal cogency, and unity of interpretive approach.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 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Here, his body of writing, published as well as unpublished, historical as well as contemporaneous, stands out for its cogency, intricacy, and fluency.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
Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2025
TikTok’s algorithm started swamping me with humanities grad students of varying cogency.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
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
The emphasis is on technical perfection, formal cogency, and unity of interpretive approach.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 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Here, his body of writing, published as well as unpublished, historical as well as contemporaneous, stands out for its cogency, intricacy, and fluency.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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cogency
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Only 30% of the studies, or 23/77, even attempted to test for mask effectiveness.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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This in turn depends on their preferences for what is and is not covered based on many different factors, including products’ clinical- and cost-effectiveness, budgetary impact and other considerations.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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There have been ongoing concerns about its impact on gentrification on the South Side, and the location itself was in dispute as well.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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Wembanyama, one of the marquee stars of this series, was his usual disruptive presence in the paint defensively but struggled to make a larger impact elsewhere.—
Alejandro Avila,
FOXNews.com,
4 June 2026
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But his dictionary, with its conclusiveness, was a huge publishing success.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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The strikes have also targeted regions with biblical significance, threatening historical and archaeological sites.—
Alayna Treene,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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The president has pressured the Fed to cut rates, while Warsh has recently downplayed the significance and accuracy of the PCE gauge.—
D. Brian Blank,
Fortune,
30 May 2026
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Under the resolution, initiatives attributed to Ramallah to create a parallel land registry in Area C were declared to have no legal validity or standing.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
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Lindell is a longtime Trump ally who has also boosted false conspiracies about the validity of the 2020 election results.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
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Charlotte Mather-Taylor, the director of the Area Agency on Aging of Broward County, echoed the sentiment on the importance of mental activity.—
Lauren Pastrana,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
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Finally, in the Oaxacan field test, the team showed that predatory wasps use the airborne distress signals to find their prey, but the relative importance of direct leaf defenses versus this indirect wasp recruitment isn’t clear.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2026
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According to authorities, a group of individuals attempted to storm a police station in the French capital late Saturday.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2026
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New Hampshire authorities are asking for the public’s help in solving a four-decade long murder mystery.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2026
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That McDuffie is close—despite his low-key affect and late entry in the race—speaks more to apprehension about Lewis George than to the persuasiveness of his campaign.—
Idrees Kahloon,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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The persuasiveness of the AI persona is so strong that people can be misled.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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“Cogency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cogency. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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