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Recent Examples of incoherence
The Europe section highlights the incoherence of the grand plan.
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Thomas Wright,
The Atlantic,
8 Dec. 2025
We’re saturated with incoherence — fragmented media, endless information, constant moral redefinition.
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Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
President Biden’s policy since mid-2022 exhibited a veneer of strength, but its incoherence failed Ukraine and damaged American credibility.
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Kathleen Collins,
Twin Cities,
26 Oct. 2025
Head coach Sean Payton acknowledged some aspects of play-call sequencing need to be cleaned up, but pointed more to in-week prep as the root of Denver’s offensive incoherence.
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Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
23 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for incoherence
Thomas Wright,
The Atlantic,
8 Dec. 2025
We’re saturated with incoherence — fragmented media, endless information, constant moral redefinition.
—
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
President Biden’s policy since mid-2022 exhibited a veneer of strength, but its incoherence failed Ukraine and damaged American credibility.
—
Kathleen Collins,
Twin Cities,
26 Oct. 2025
Head coach Sean Payton acknowledged some aspects of play-call sequencing need to be cleaned up, but pointed more to in-week prep as the root of Denver’s offensive incoherence.
—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
23 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for incoherence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incoherence
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Art schools, like all schools, are wobbling under the illogic of the cost-benefit math.
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Wilson operated outside of conventional narrative, trusting in the magic of unexpected illogic.
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Most believe there could be solutions through civil dialog, there are answers in the middle, and there is destructive disunity at the fringes.
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Whether that agreement will rapidly come to fruition on such a tight timeline is looking increasingly difficult – especially amid disunity among House and Senate Democrats.
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Moreover, experts should introduce deliberate irrationality to disrupt the model’s predictive path.
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Viral memes and TikTok trends play up women’s purportedly excessive spike in libido during ovulation and dramatic irrationality during menstruation and the luteal phase (the 14 days or so between ovulation and menstruation).
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The animals that lacked sucrose developed an imbalance in their gut microbes and increased inflammation within the intestines and liver.
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This systemic imbalance has forced a massive realignment of the physical retail footprint, permanently redrawing real estate demand away from traditional venues and toward elite experiential properties or rapidly expanding discount chains.
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The asymmetry of real-time information is obvious.
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The asymmetry gives a classic look some modernity and interest without breaking any royal protocols.
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Manuel also jangles this apparent order with the striking visual trope of disorienting disproportions of scale—figures appearing unexpectedly small or large in the course’s expanses.
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Sonon, for example, started out as a cartoonist and uses physical disproportion to express the personalities of characters.
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Three hours before the parade is set to begin, paradegoers are already annoyed at the disorganization and slow-moving lines.
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Clear by now is that the end of the Soviet Union also opened the door to corruption and disorganization, undeniable and extraordinarily widespread.
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Fans don’t quite know what to make of the gloomy dissonance.
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This dissonance carries over into Ali’s subsequent revenge mission.
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“Incoherence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incoherence. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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