cohering

Definition of coheringnext
present participle of cohere

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of cohering In this show the palette shifted from the artist’s familiar Pepto-Bismol pink to slightly more somber shades, of saffron, eggplant, and rose; the colors had a touch of Bob Thompson about them, blocky flat shapes cohering into apparitions. Helen Molesworth, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cohering
Verb
  • In a corresponding move, Abby Roque was moved to the third line, but still logged nearly 19 minutes of ice time.
    Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 13 May 2026
  • To run a program, the code had to first be punched into paper tape; a hole represented a 1, and no hole represented a 0, corresponding to the two units of binary code, which most computers work with.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • Authorities have accused the men of killing Vega to prevent her from cooperating with authorities.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 12 May 2026
  • Independence police said the driver of the Tacoma remained at the scene and was cooperating with the investigation.
    Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • With a book and TV adaptation release coinciding (two of the author's other novels, This Summer Will Be Different and Meet Me at the Lake, are also in development), Fortune has a whirlwind few months ahead.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
  • No coincidence that the Dodgers’ struggles are coinciding with a four-game hitless streak for Shohei Ohtani, his first such drought since 2022.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2026
Verb
  • The result was a single, self-consistent model uniting elements physically and statistically.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 May 2026
  • Frank never had a chance of uniting the crowd following lethargic home defeats to Chelsea, Fulham and Arsenal.
    Jay Harris, New York Times, 10 May 2026
Verb
  • At that time, the owners, and the development team committed to file a conforming site plan application within one year of the approval, which deadline the Zoning Board extended in March 2025 to November 5, 2025.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Instead of imitating other instruments and conforming to conventional musical ideas, Buchla (and Ciani) set out to create a paradigm based on harnessing the flow of electricity itself.
    Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Fraser and Guthrie ended their personal relationship, but decided for the time being to continue collaborating, and the band left 4AD to sign to Fontana Records.
    Al Shipley, SPIN, 12 May 2026
  • Hendricks imparts the importance of theater skills — like collaborating, listening, interpreting, storytelling, checking your ego, taking criticism — even if his pupils go on to careers outside the arts.
    CBS News, CBS News, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • Women’s health is often thought of as consisting solely of reproductive health issues.
    Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The Roman soldiers guarding the fortlet enjoyed views of open pastures and cleared woodland consisting mainly of alder, hazel, and willow, with smaller amounts of oak and birch.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 15 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • People facing the prospect of prolonged ICE detention are increasingly abandoning their claims for humanitarian protection and agreeing to depart voluntarily.
    Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post, 8 May 2026
  • The other projects agreeing to Trump’s buyouts as of early May were Golden State Wind, in California, and Bluepoint Wind, off New Jersey and New York.
    Ben Link, The Conversation, 8 May 2026

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“Cohering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohering. Accessed 15 May. 2026.

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