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coherent

[koh-heer-uhnt, -her-] / koʊˈhɪər ənt, -ˈhɛr- /


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She said the toddler was moving and looked coherent.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

The most effective programs integrate economic reasoning as the connective tissue that makes financial concepts coherent and transferable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Reported in Advanced Photonics, their study describes a high-performance quantum coherent receiver built directly inside glass using femtosecond laser writing.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

That means "unsavory facts will take longer to come to light, if they do at all. The administration will feel less pressure to provide a coherent justification and plan," he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

I’m not aware of any software which offers an integrated, coherent, and effective approach to arithmetic and its problemsolving applications.

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