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Some of the hangars are used as soundstages, and Linklater pointed out an old air-traffic-control tower, jutting, with pleasing retro-futurist incongruity, out of a public plaza.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025 -
So the incongruity might be coming from a place of the myth of meritocracy.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Sep. 2025
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Over the past year, patients and caregivers have reported inconsistencies with the G7’s readings—sharp highs when blood sugar is actually stable, or plummeting lows that don’t match fingerstick tests.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Challenge Our team started this research in summer 2023, when one of us, a space weather expert, spotted inconsistencies in space weather observations.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Oct. 2025
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Will the new process lead to scenarios of moral incongruence?—
London School of Economics,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Puberty blockers, which cause no permanent changes, are used to pause irreversible physical changes while families consider what care is appropriate for a child with gender incongruence.—
Kaitlin McCallum,
Hartford Courant,
24 July 2025
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But issues related to food-system reform have exposed potential incompatibilities between MAHA and leaders of the Republican Party, which has long been aligned with the food and agricultural industries, food-policy experts say.—
Dominique Mosbergen,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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Red flags warn of potential harm or incompatibility.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Incongruousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incongruousness. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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