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Recent Examples of incoherence
The reason for this incoherence, other Iraqis told me, is that incoherence has always been in Iran’s interest.
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
But the incoherence of current immigration polices has generated widespread distrust and opposition to immigration in the United States.
—Alexander Kustov, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2025
David Corenswet’s performance shines, but the film suffers from lots of CGI slop and tonal incoherence.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 11 July 2025
Unlike previous legislative efforts that stumbled over partisan divides or technical incoherence, the GENIUS Act passed with bipartisan support.
—Chris Groshong, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
But the incoherence of current immigration polices has generated widespread distrust and opposition to immigration in the United States.
—Alexander Kustov, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2025
David Corenswet’s performance shines, but the film suffers from lots of CGI slop and tonal incoherence.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 11 July 2025
Unlike previous legislative efforts that stumbled over partisan divides or technical incoherence, the GENIUS Act passed with bipartisan support.
—Chris Groshong, Forbes.com, 19 June 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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The disunity within Ukraine comes at a time when Russian forces are escalating large-scale missile and drone strikes in Kyiv and across the country.—
Chris Massaro,
FOXNews.com,
23 July 2025
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This disunity has prevented the EU from using its immense leverage to good effect.—
Josep Borrell Fontelles,
Foreign Affairs,
27 June 2025
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This irrationality, which is especially difficult to model, often boils down to computational constraints.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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What makes the situation more difficult is the imbalance in their financial lifestyles.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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This has caused the usual hand-wringing about competitive imbalance and the inherent plight of small-market teams.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
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The asymmetry in the twin exhaust tips is jarring; why angle one up and the other down?—
Sean Evans,
Robb Report,
14 Oct. 2025
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This asymmetry between how Trump handles antifa versus the Proud Boys underscores that this is more political theatrics and less than responding to security threats.—
Sal Rodriguez,
Oc Register,
13 Oct. 2025
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Other new books flaunt the virtues of the best jokes: disproportion, meticulous verbal pacing, a knowhow about readerly expectations and the guts to outrun them.—
Christopher Spaide
August 1,
Literary Hub,
1 Aug. 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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But the storm’s slow forward speed and disorganization for much of its life means that it is getting drawn out to sea toward the far more powerful Hurricane Humberto.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
29 Sep. 2025
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And in the brain’s white-matter wiring, visceral fat again stood out, with diffusion MRI scans revealing lower axon density and more tissue disorganization – tiny areas of wear-and-tear that can interrupt signaling.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Sep. 2025
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His final work captures the dissonance of life along the Israel-Gaza border.—
Ian Crouch,
New Yorker,
7 Oct. 2025
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Raven’s marvel of a case study recapitulates the dissonance whereby cycles—political, social, structural, ecological—continue, monuments are created and destroyed and momentum is incited and frustrated, all while costs continue to mount.—
Anne Reeve,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Incoherence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incoherence. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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