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Recent Examples of congruity With three new offensive lineman joining center Aaron Brewer and tackle Austin Jackson, the importance of congruity cannot be understated. Miami Herald, 21 July 2025 Uncanny forms—semi-organic shapes, with stray kinks and curves hammered flat—assumed an unlikely congruity. Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022 Women still have to work harder to overcome role-congruity bias. Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, Forbes, 12 June 2021 Fortunately, that lack of congruity didn’t detract from superb upper fit and security for most testers. Adam Chase, Outside Online, 9 Apr. 2021 Create congruity between your spending and giving and your values. Ross Levin, Star Tribune, 14 Nov. 2020 This should have been an experience of affirmation and tangible progression towards physical congruity to my truest self but instead was fraught with anxiety — the treatments weren’t working. Trésor Prijs, Teen Vogue, 1 June 2018 At the time, there weren’t a ton of slam-dunk options, especially for a league that has historically had a high standard of basketball and values geographic congruity. Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2018 Maybe that would be its own form of spiritual growth on a micro scale — proof of my own congruity with the universe even under mildly uncomfortable conditions. Anna Hezel, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for congruity
Noun
  • Unlike nihilism, with which cosmicism shares some similarities, the focus is on how small and incidental humanity is.
    Big Think, Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
  • But Simons points out one similarity.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The notice says the removal of telework as a reasonable accommodation, which is given to employees with disabilities, was done in accordance with President Donald Trump’s presidential memorandum issued on Feb. 7 that required federal employees to transition to full-time, in-person work.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Advertisement In the 1940s, the Department of Defense was given its current name, and department officials were titled in accordance.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The film bears little to no resemblance to Hart's actual life, besides the fact that Mickey Rooney, who stars as Hart, is closer in height to Hart's diminutive 5-foot stature (Rooney beat Hart by two inches).
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Naturalizer Vivienne Ballet Flats These leather ballet flats bear a striking resemblance to ones that Jennifer Lawrence stepped out in recently.
    Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Now, trend forecasts show that design professionals will favor more tone-on-tone, cohesive palettes that tend to offer a sense of calm, visual harmony, and longevity.
    Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The group remains committed to intricate harmonies, which are a source of the album’s unique pleasures.
    Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Ali said there have been other examples throughout world history of rebel groups cooperating with peace accords after long periods of fighting.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2025
  • But the accords failed to resolve the Palestinian question, and opposition among some Egyptians would lead to Sadat's assassination in 1981.
    Susan Page, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Congruity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congruity. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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