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cohesion

[koh-hee-zhuhn] / koʊˈhi ʒən /
NOUN
union
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"It's a lot of new faces, so it's a challenge to find the right balance, to keep the cohesion in the team," Pocognoli said.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Other nations among the 12 may lack the political will or internal cohesion to do so anytime soon.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

Now, the junta also faces internal threats that challenge the military's cohesion.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

At some point disintegrating cohesion produces costs—social, economic and political—that undermine the benefits of the inequality and erode support for the system itself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

And then the immaculate cohesion stops as Celia reluctantly breaks away.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

So now there’s Timme and Nembhard, together for two seasons and able to fashion those nuanced cohesions of longtime teammates.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2022

"Hopefully, we have a good run of health where we can really build something in a short period of time and get a better seed and also more cohesions going into the playoffs."

From Fox News ● Feb. 18, 2022

"We fear that such behaviour threatens to harm social cohesions between Muslim and Jewish communities here in the UK."

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2021

The divide between the haves and the have-nots is cultural as well as economic, which is of course why extreme economic inequality destroys social cohesions.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 20, 2011

All the cohesions, chemical affinities, affections of metals, liquids, and gases are in full play, and the measureless power of gravitation.

From Among the Forces by Henry White Warren




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