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cohesion

[koh-hee-zhuhn] / koʊˈhi ʒən /
NOUN
union
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By combining the questionnaire responses with the sensor data, the researchers were able to follow changes in loneliness, trust, conflict, social relationships, team cohesion, and perceived performance throughout the mission.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

"I don't think cohesion is at risk at this very moment," said Leon, warning, however, that the UAE's withdrawal from the group in May has highlighted a weakness in this area.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

A few of the subordinate roles are amateurishly performed, but the main parts are vividly pulled off, and I was generally impressed by the ensemble’s flow and cohesion.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

But the air, space and instrumental cohesion of touchstones like, say, Bonnie Raitt are nowhere to be found.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

She wasn’t sure why she felt so strongly about it, but since leaving Rome, the crew had started to lose its cohesion.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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

But his successor Hume, and most empirical psychologists after him, have denied the soul, save as the name for verifiable cohesions in our inner life.

From Pragmatism by William James




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