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cogency

[koh-juhn-see] / ˈkoʊ dʒən si /


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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

History, not rhetoric or cogency, determines whether a dissent wins out in the long run.

From Washington Post Oct. 29, 2015

It only drove the demonstration home, and that with irresistible cogency, that human bondage must be avenged.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.




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