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
Data can give speed and scale, but intuition gives context and coherence.
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William Jones
january 21, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
No human writers’ room or branching narrative system could sustain coherence across vast numbers of individualized storylines.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Jan. 2026
That lack of coherence is showing.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
That coherence is now collapsing.
—Richard Hughes Iv, STAT, 12 Jan. 2026
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William Jones
january 21, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
No human writers’ room or branching narrative system could sustain coherence across vast numbers of individualized storylines.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Jan. 2026
That lack of coherence is showing.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
That coherence is now collapsing.
—Richard Hughes Iv, STAT, 12 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coherence
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Its clear lines and symmetry stood out and kept viewers' attention.—
Kaitlyn McInnis,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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According to the researchers, the symmetry improves crawling performance, simplifies multi-object planning, and reduces the need for complex motions, enabling faster, more efficient manipulation compared to traditional robotic or human-like hands.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Jan. 2026
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The model can handle both text and visual inputs and offers advanced coding and agent orchestration features.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
28 Jan. 2026
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An orchestration that argues Zionism is merely a political add-on that can be stripped away from the Jewish faith.—
Marc Schneier,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The normal state of those four fluids is harmony and perfect proportion, or eucrasia.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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The same proportion wanted to see better public transport connections between suburban areas and the inner city.—
Laurie Winkless,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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This breakdown in asset class correlation was a wake-up call for institutions that had leaned heavily on passive exposure.—
Carrie McCabe,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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But there’s still a correlation in Kansas City.—
Sam McDowell
January 21,
Kansas City Star,
21 Jan. 2026
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As for harmony between Charles and Harry, the last time the two are known to have seen one another face-to-face was last September, when Harry stopped by Charles’s London home, Clarence House, for a tea that lasted just under an hour.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
29 Jan. 2026
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Some of Butler’s songs are mere snippets, some are full-length numbers, often with vocals in the three-part harmony familiar from the time.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Jan. 2026
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Trump is being countered effectively by allied leaders and CEOs standing up in unity, and by financial markets openly revolting against his tantrums.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
29 Jan. 2026
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Keeping schools together Maintaining unity was reportedly the rationale behind why Garland ISD opted to put five of its seven high schools — Garland, Lakeview Centennial, Naaman Forest, Rowlett and South Garland — in higher classifications.—
Myah Taylor,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Coherence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coherence. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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