cogent
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Riley crafting a cogent message about workers’ rights and the price of labor would be a feat in and of itself, especially in a film this fun.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
Yet cogent objections to post-’60s permissiveness crop up with some regularity, if you’re looking for them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
For the reporters covering this president, it has, in a word, been impossible to pull a cogent quote from him.
From Salon • Nov. 14, 2025
Some of this stuff was cogent, a lot of it was tiresome, but ultimately—and this is key—all of it was the result of pressure from the public.
From Slate • Sep. 18, 2025
Over the course of the next few weeks Adams and Jefferson developed two equally cogent but wholly incompatible political strategies in response to their somewhat awkward reunion as a political pair.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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