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cogent

[koh-juhnt] / ˈkoʊ dʒənt /


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Mr. Bayliss gives a cogent account of the Peloponnesian War, a 27-year slugfest that finally resulted in Sparta’s domination.

From The Wall Street Journal May 25, 2026

If Allen possesses a cogent political philosophy, it appears to be that of by-the-book mainstream liberalism.

From Slate May 1, 2026

Yet cogent objections to post-’60s permissiveness crop up with some regularity, if you’re looking for them.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 15, 2026

He’d be hard pressed to find anyone capable of cogent thought who agrees with him.

From Salon Oct. 17, 2025

Variation and natural selection offer cogent explanations of the mechanism by which evolution might occur within a species, but they do not explain the formation of species per se.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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