cogent
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One of the most cogent explanations of why that is came from comedian George Carlin, who, were he still with us, would pace the stage and say something quite like this:
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
Even if he were cogent enough to consider such a thought, he will never go gentle into that good night.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
He didn’t really make a clear, cogent argument about why we were going in.
From Slate ● May 7, 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
Studies have been done, in fact, in which experts in a given field have analyzed such random phenomena and come up with cogent “explanations” for the patterns.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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