coherence
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As if the ugliness of the 120 minutes wasn't enough - the grisly battle, the hair-on-fire panic, the abysmal lack of anything resembling coherence or even competence - there was the disgrace of the post-match.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026
"It's a confused mix of ambition and narcissism, unleavened by any effort at intellectual coherence," said Bruce Jones, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
Bowe restores coherence by allowing federal prisoners to return to court when later developments reveal that earlier denials rested on conclusions the Supreme Court has since rejected.
From Slate • Jan. 10, 2026
Once coherence was disrupted, the atoms behaved more conventionally.
From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026
He’d try to bring the night into focus, willing coherence, but the effort would only cause distortions.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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Argumentative Writing, List 2
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The Things They Carried
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