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
The Framework stresses that, without policy actions, strategic plans risk moving in different directions, lose coherence or fall away.
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Evidently, maintaining coherence isn’t a high priority of the MAGA program.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Everything surrounding you reflected his greatness and strong style coherence.
—Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
This explains why the model can maintain consistency for several minutes but struggles with full 360-degree rotations—small errors in pattern matching accumulate over many frames until the geometric constraints can no longer maintain coherence.
—ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Evidently, maintaining coherence isn’t a high priority of the MAGA program.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Everything surrounding you reflected his greatness and strong style coherence.
—Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
This explains why the model can maintain consistency for several minutes but struggles with full 360-degree rotations—small errors in pattern matching accumulate over many frames until the geometric constraints can no longer maintain coherence.
—ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for coherence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coherence
Noun
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Because of its perfect symmetry.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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These include concepts like object cohesion, symmetry, and counting—the kind of common sense a small child has.—
Matthew Hutson,
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Guitar orchestrations and solos started brewing.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
24 Sep. 2025
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Why Industry Standards Matter As Wi-Fi 7, private 5G open roaming and edge-native orchestration mature, enterprises need partners that shape—not just follow—industry standards.—
Lori Thomas,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The survey discovered that tablets have the highest proportion of ownership among children compared to any other device, with 47 percent of children aged 0 to 8 owning their own.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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Researching so rich and complex a life became Richardson’s true journey, one of epic proportions.—
Megan Marshall
September 25,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Most of the studies the researchers reviewed and analyzed showed correlations, but didn’t fully explain how specific microbes caused epigenetic changes.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Sep. 2025
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The results of these studies have been mixed, with some showing a possible correlation and others showing no link.—
Dominique Mosbergen,
Time,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And yet, Doja continuously taps the well while adapting it to her own aesthetic, moving fluidly between sweet harmonies and nimble raps in classic Doja form.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
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Ten years on from the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the vision of improving lives everywhere in harmony with our planet is under unprecedented strain.—
Sebastian Buckup,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
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Perhaps offering a more novel take, Barker praised the Zurich Film Festival’s industry conference for helping to create greater unity in the independent film sector – something that was not always the case.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
28 Sep. 2025
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Schumer Dismisses Poor Democratic Numbers Polling from Ipsos earlier this month found that 90 percent of Americans believe there is an urgent need for greater national unity, with political extremism cited as the nation’s top concern.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Coherence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coherence. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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