cogent

The kids in these videos are often cogent and persuasive, but their words don’t matter to the viewers.

Career-related skills that all students need include “thinking critically, or being able to speak professionally or give a presentation, or being able to put together a cogent resume, or having basic technology skills,” Dabagyan said.

The point is not to win a debate by making a cogent case, but to overwhelm opponents and tire them out.

But the footage also revealed that Harris’ jumbled answer was clipped to its most cogent sentence.

Booker, after 25 hours, was still more cogent than Trump is after 25 minutes.