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coheres

verb

present tense third-person singular of cohere
1
as in corresponds
to be in agreement on every point the account in his journal coheres with the official report of the battle

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2
as in cooperates
to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members beset by personal animosities, the people of the neighborhood could not cohere into an effective civic association

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Recent Examples of coheres After one of the drivers is fired for his union activity, the warehouse slowly coheres around voting to become part of the Teamsters Union. — Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026 Unfortunately, very little on this project coheres in any meaningful or crazy sniffable way. — Christopher R. Weingarten, Pitchfork, 28 Aug. 2026 The Willamette is less a river running through Oregon than one of the reasons Oregon coheres at all. — Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 But the character never quite coheres. — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2026 This is a federal regulator who is using the power of government to coheres both Nexstar and ABC to take Jimmy Kimmel down off the air. — ABC News, 21 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coheres
  1. corresponds
  2. cooperates
  3. coincides
  4. unites
  5. conforms
  6. collaborates
  7. agrees
  8. fits
Verb
  • The beneficial ownership disclosure corresponds to the corporate registry filing, the formation documents and the source-of-funds statement.
    — Alberto Gimeno, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • To construct this curve, experts formed a cross section of objects in higher dimensions, the boundary of which corresponds to the elliptic curve.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of corresponds
Verb
  • Cycling is another option when the coastal weather cooperates.
    — Sierra Vandervort, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2026
  • If the horizon is clear and the weather cooperates, these are the evenings to circle on your skywatching calendar.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of cooperates
Verb
  • The timing of her return surely coincides with the circumstances surrounding her near death and the grim mysteries that have engulfed the slow horses.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The Encore release coincides with this weekend’s presentation to the singer-songwriter of the first MTV VMA Artist Director Honors, to be presented Sunday at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of coincides
Verb
  • What unites these seemingly disparate topics is Wilson’s knack for putting himself into scenarios with unusual people that lead him into unexpected territory—a lesson in the virtues of simple observation.
    — Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The Stoa conference joins a rich landscape of similar convenings, like Talking Galleries, which looks at the art market, and the Aspen Ideas Festival, which unites people from business, tech, media, public policy, and more.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of unites
Verb
  • Softly Supportive And On Sale Sleep Number The ComfortFit Pillow is made with memory foam pieces and down-alternative fibers for gentle support that conforms to your head and neck.
    — V BRAND STORIES, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • This material conforms to your body and holds up well over time.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
Definition of conforms
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  • The company operates as a specialist, non-bank senior lender with a team that collaborates across structured credit, investment banking and film and television finance.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The trips Sudō took with them, playing tour guide across remote regions of Japan, introduced her to many of the weavers and dyers, often working in small wooden ateliers attached to family homes, with whom Nuno still collaborates today.
    — Leslie Camhi, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of collaborates
Verb
  • Ruhil Badiani, general practitioner at Cornerstone Clinic, agrees.
    — Nadine El Chaer, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Abrams plays a bumbling medical courier who finds out his girlfriend is pregnant, but agrees to one last delivery before heading home.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of agrees
Verb
  • The new question, particularly relevant for a city with a major financial-services sector, is where newer infrastructure fits into that existing picture.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Not every company requires continuous settlement, and speed alone does not determine whether a payment system fits a business.
    — Karen Koehler, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of fits

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“Coheres.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coheres. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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