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cogent

[koh-juhnt] / ˈkoʊ dʒənt /


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Second, absent cultural distractions, Midwestern Democrats have earned themselves the running room to make the sorts of cogent economic arguments that draw moderates and progressives together.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

From Slate ● May 7, 2026

Even so, many of the most memorable moments come in the form of cogent micro-essays, smartly curated ensembles of work bearing a legible, lucid premise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 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

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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