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Recent Examples of incoherence
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.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
This kind of incoherence doesn’t just confuse the public.
—Dr. Craig Spencer, Time, 23 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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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
This kind of incoherence doesn’t just confuse the public.
—Dr. Craig Spencer, Time, 23 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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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.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
3 Feb. 2026
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One minute, the Earth’s citizens are pursuing their destinies in raucous, competitive disunity.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Nov. 2025
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The irrationality of politicians suddenly makes sense.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
24 Feb. 2026
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In such conditions, apparent irrationality can invite probing, hedging or reciprocal escalation.—
Andrew Latham,
The Conversation,
26 Jan. 2026
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The long-term actuarial deficit reflects a systemic imbalance between contributions and promised benefits.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
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The protagonist, for her part, feels the students were willing participants and finds their accusations tiresome, insisting the modern outcry over power imbalances is overblown.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
5 Mar. 2026
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The styling captured the season’s fascination with fluidity and asymmetry.—
Andrea Zendejas,
Vogue,
6 Mar. 2026
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If the matter-antimatter asymmetry arose due to a breaking of a certain cosmic symmetry at a higher energy, then restoring the symmetry could lead to that symmetry re-breaking in a different fashion.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Feb. 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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The stress, this time around, comes from the level of disorganization currently plaguing the ER.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2026
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Mercury retrograde occurs three to four times a year, marking a period of disorganization and miscommunication, and therefore, a potent time for scuppering romance, break-ups, and surprise encounters with exes.—
Annabel Gat,
Vogue,
26 Feb. 2026
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The news points to a dissonance between headlines about the ostensibly relentless march of Chinese AI firms and the challenges those firms face.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Anxieties repeatedly surge in volume and dissonance.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Incoherence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incoherence. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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