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cogent

[koh-juhnt] / ˈkoʊ dʒənt /


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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

Their playing was electric in its immediacy, cogent in conception and executed with meticulous care—the orchestra sounding lush yet transparent, with enviably subtle dynamic shifts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

The kids in these videos are often cogent and persuasive, but their words don’t matter to the viewers.

From Salon • Sep. 24, 2025

Chief Judge Pryor’s majority opinion is so cogent and compelling that it almost makes you believe that courts can fairly apply the hopelessly unworkable “history and tradition” test.

From Slate • Mar. 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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