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Recent Examples of incoherence
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
This kind of incoherence doesn’t just confuse the public.
—Dr. Craig Spencer, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
Broken Bird opted for deliberate spatial incoherence to match the theme.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 11 Sep. 2025
The emotional ballast of the film — Davidson’s bond with Dottie Achenbach (a wonderful Maxine Peake), the mother of one his childhood friends, who is also fighting her own health battles — also suffers from moments of incoherence, but the immense power of that bond goes a long way.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
This kind of incoherence doesn’t just confuse the public.
—Dr. Craig Spencer, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
Broken Bird opted for deliberate spatial incoherence to match the theme.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 11 Sep. 2025
The emotional ballast of the film — Davidson’s bond with Dottie Achenbach (a wonderful Maxine Peake), the mother of one his childhood friends, who is also fighting her own health battles — also suffers from moments of incoherence, but the immense power of that bond goes a long way.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incoherence
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How responsible a mother can be for her son’s actions remains an open question, but the contortions of her denial, with its euphemisms and its illogic, are closely and relentlessly examined, as is her inability to speak or act to stop him.—
Katie Kitamura,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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The circular illogic perfectly encapsulates college football.—
Jon Wilner,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2025
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So, what might those moments suggest for today’s era of disunity and discord?—
Cardinal Blase Cupich,
Mercury News,
27 Nov. 2025
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Many of these refugees from Sudan and others fleeing conflicts and harsh conditions elsewhere in Africa find their way to Libya, taking advantage of the country's disunity and unpatrolled borders to embark on a treacherous trip across the Mediterranean to Europe.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Nov. 2025
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Such irrationality proofs have been rare — and at times, according to longtime Quanta contributor Erica Klarreich, dramatic.—
Jordana Cepelewicz,
Quanta Magazine,
18 Dec. 2025
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When prompt instructions encouraged models to maximize rewards or hit specific financial goals, irrationality increased.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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The research team, comprising Wharton professor Eric Bradlow and Accenture’s James Crowley, Ken Munie, and Selen Karaca-Griffin, found the labor market is operating in a state of structural imbalance.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
22 Jan. 2026
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Most importantly, ignoring either creates imbalance.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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The speed asymmetry compounds this.—
Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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There’s kind of a funny asymmetry there.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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Sonon, for example, started out as a cartoonist and uses physical disproportion to express the personalities of characters.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Dec. 2025
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Between the assassination in Sarajevo, the mass slaughter in the trenches, and the stagnant front lines lie disproportions so immense that cause and effect lose all relation.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2025
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Psychosis, disorganization, unkempt, urinating inappropriately.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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For teens living in neighborhoods with high levels of disadvantage and social disorganization, the odds are 35% to 72% higher.—
Anna Maria Santiago,
The Conversation,
10 Dec. 2025
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There was a distinct, almost electric dissonance humming through the Chase Center on Tuesday night.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2026
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Janet Afary, a religious-studies professor at UC Santa Barbara, helped put this dissonance in context.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Incoherence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incoherence. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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