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cogent

[koh-juhnt] / ˈkoʊ dʒənt /


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Even if he were cogent enough to consider such a thought, he will never go gentle into that good night.

From Salon Jun. 19, 2026

Mr. Bayliss gives a cogent account of the Peloponnesian War, a 27-year slugfest that finally resulted in Sparta’s domination.

From The Wall Street Journal May 25, 2026

He didn’t really make a clear, cogent argument about why we were going in.

From Slate May 7, 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

Studies have been done, in fact, in which experts in a given field have analyzed such random phenomena and come up with cogent “explanations” for the patterns.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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