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as in illogic
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as in disunity
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Recent Examples of incoherence
The plot, too, is threadbare to the point of incoherence, with a slew of overqualified performers — including Imelda Staunton and Lesley Manville — left to fill in the gaps as fairies, man-crows, and anthropomorphized mushroom caps.
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Staff Author, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025
The Rise and Fall of Economic Statecraft Overreach and incoherence hobble America’s most powerful weapon.
—Elina Ribakova, Foreign Affairs, 28 Jan. 2025
The second season continued this confusion with a time-travel story often bordering on incoherence.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2025
And Pantera has less exposition than most heist flicks, which gives it an extra frisson of pleasant incoherence.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
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Staff Author, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025
The Rise and Fall of Economic Statecraft Overreach and incoherence hobble America’s most powerful weapon.
—Elina Ribakova, Foreign Affairs, 28 Jan. 2025
The second season continued this confusion with a time-travel story often bordering on incoherence.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2025
And Pantera has less exposition than most heist flicks, which gives it an extra frisson of pleasant incoherence.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incoherence
Noun
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The circular illogic perfectly encapsulates college football.—
Jon Wilner,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2025
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The illogic of dreams is not a riddle to be solved but a noise that can reveal the meaningful signal.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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First, the existential threat that violence and war pose to a new regime leaves no room for division or disunity; elite cohesion is the result.—
Sheri Berman,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Nov. 2022
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From trade and economics to matters of war and peace, the United States and Europe are in an apparent period of disunity not seen in decades.—
James Lamond,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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India's balance of trade figures, out Friday, will receive more scrutiny than usual, given U.S. President Donald Trump's emphasis on trade imbalances between America and its partners.—
Ganesh Rao,
CNBC,
15 May 2025
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The moon's nearside is scarred by massive impact basins, while its farside features far fewer and smaller basins, and a significantly thicker crust — an imbalance that has puzzled scientists for decades.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
14 May 2025
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When one judge can go much further, halting an entire federal policy nationwide, that creates an asymmetry.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
9 May 2025
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This no-commitment dynamic thrives on emotional asymmetry.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
5 May 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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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 perhaps behind the jokes was a recognition of a different kind of dissonance.—
D. Watkins,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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This external treatment underscores the dissonance that actual pregnant people — whom Lainy meets while attending prenatal classes with Megan — feel.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Feb. 2025
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Though organizers insist Eurovision is an apolitical event, the contest has long been embroiled in the continent’s tensions.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
18 May 2025
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Even in the jangling tension of stoppage time, with blocks and ricochets in their team’s penalty area, most Palace fans were silent and biting their fingernails, but the HF continued to beat that drum and sing.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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The death of Marquez – a public figure with more than 100,000 Instagram followers – has sent shockwaves through a country that has long struggled with high levels of both homicide and violence against women.—
Hira Humayun,
CNN Money,
15 May 2025
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The flashy sequences of violence feel apt for TV (Netflix, along with Steven Spielberg’s production outfit and the Obamas’ media company, is working on a series), but the novel’s real draw is the quieter ache of a family torn apart.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2025
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“Incoherence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incoherence. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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