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cogency

[koh-juhn-see] / ˈkoʊ dʒən si /


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The play echoes this ever-important sentiment but with far less cogency on an American stage.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 15, 2024

Tall, handsome and with a roguish charm, Bo seemed to enjoy the challenge, answering questions with wit and cogency.

From BBC Oct. 23, 2022

Her book has very little celebration in it, but it is a triumphant document of her refusal to be unseen, her ongoing dedication to cogency.

From New York Times Mar. 1, 2022

The cogency of her intervention is twofold: its relative rarity, and the fact that Swift is who she is – not Joan Baez getting arrested on a peace march, or Paul Kantner urging “Gotta Revolution!”

From The Guardian Oct. 13, 2018

This is precisely Hume's argument weakened by the introduction of reservations which have no cogency.

From Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Cassels, Walter Richard




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