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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

He didn’t really make a clear, cogent argument about why we were going in.

From Slate May 7, 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

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

From Salon Oct. 17, 2025

Over the course of the next few weeks Adams and Jefferson developed two equally cogent but wholly incompatible political strategies in response to their somewhat awkward reunion as a political pair.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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