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coherence

[koh-heer-uhns, -her-] / koʊˈhɪər əns, -ˈhɛr- /


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The work was subsequently submitted to reading committees, tasked with checking its syntax and overall coherence.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

By examining how the strength of electronic order at one location relates to that at another, the researchers showed how coherence breaks down across the transition while local amplitude remains present.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

Supreme Court rulings about prayer and Bible-reading in public schools were one sign that white Protestants could no longer assume their faith provided religious coherence for the nation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

"The complication, however, is that the tent may now be so big that there isn't a lot of ideological coherence in it."

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

The problem is coherence: we don’t know why one clause follows another.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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