cohering

verb

present participle of cohere
1
as in corresponding
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 cooperating
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 cohering Every once in a while a crow calls, but there’s not much structure to it, with the sounds listlessly bouncing off the walls imposed by the five-minute runtimes instead of cohering into a rhythm. — Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 6 July 2026 During the controversy that followed, his disdain for women began cohering into a political identity. — Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026 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
  1. corresponding
  2. cooperating
  3. coinciding
  4. uniting
  5. conforming
  6. collaborating
  7. consisting
  8. agreeing
Verb
  • Klimoska has been part of the Talents Sarajevo program at Sarajevo Film Festival, and the corresponding scheme at the Berlinale.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026
  • Putnam notes that each vessel carries a distinct color corresponding to its stage of life—yellow for birth, red for growth and blue for rebirth.
    — Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of corresponding
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  • When Loving went into labor, the baby’s heartbeat wasn’t cooperating, so doctors decided an emergency cesarean section was necessary.
    — Brian Brant, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
  • All officers involved have been sequestered and are cooperating, according to Ransom.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 23 July 2026
Definition of cooperating
Verb
  • Concerns over public health, drug use, safety and the cost to emergency services have helped fuel local policies to build more shelters, coinciding with drops in the number of people living on the street.
    — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 23 July 2026
  • Nevertheless, shares of CrowdStrike and fellow Club cyber name Palo Alto Networks fell nearly 2% Wednesday, coinciding with a broader pullback in enterprise software stocks in the session.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 22 July 2026
Definition of coinciding
Verb
  • What began as a meme soon transformed into a nationwide protest movement, uniting students and young job seekers around demands for accountability, opportunity, and systemic reform.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • Rich mahogany lined many of the floors and ceilings, uniting the home’s Zen interiors.
    — Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 24 July 2026
Definition of uniting
Verb
  • These include completing the Critical Design Review (CDR) by the end of 2026, which will establish the certifiable design baseline for the aircraft and enable the production and testing of certification-conforming models.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
  • Whenever there is irregular talent, someone capable of breaking their role’s conventions, there are arguments about conforming to orthodoxy.
    — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 18 July 2026
Definition of conforming
Verb
  • The platform also has a core strategic focus on partnerships, actively collaborating with established creators, independent producers and library holders.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 22 July 2026
  • In addition to collaborating on the Artists Living With Cancer Grant, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation also offers $5,000 medical emergency grants for artists with medical or dental emergencies.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 16 July 2026
Definition of collaborating
Verb
  • The meet continues Thursday, a day consisting largely of women’s preliminaries, followed by men’s finals Friday and women’s finals Saturday.
    — Mike Wilson, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • Existing commercial solar panels are also physically bulky systems consisting not just of photovoltaic materials but also of thick protective glass, encapsulation layers, metallic contacts, mounting hardware, and structural framing.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 May 2026
Definition of consisting
Verb
  • The visit also gave new impetus to economic ties, with both countries agreeing to rapidly increase bilateral trade, expand cooperation in economic forums such as the World Trade Organization, and establish a financial dialogue mechanism.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 July 2026
  • The filmmakers found that even mentioning her bloodline repelled potential subjects from agreeing to be interviewed.
    — Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 22 July 2026
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