Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Last year, poet-novelist Clint Margrave wrote an eloquent defense of consilience for Quillette, noting that he has “often drawn inspiration from science.”

From Scientific American • Jun. 25, 2021

Another consilience booster is psychologist and megapundit Steven Pinker, who praised Wilson’s “excellent” book in 1998 and calls for consilience between science and the humanities in his 2018 bestseller Enlightenment Now.

From Scientific American • Jun. 25, 2021

“With something as fast-moving as COVID-19, we have an urgent need for consilience, but many members of the scientific community are more isolated than usual,” Rando explains.

From Nature • Mar. 30, 2020

Unlike consilience, triangulation suggests the deliberate use of different methods.

From Nature • Jan. 22, 2018

Wilson calls "consilience": the bridging of science and humanities through an understanding of how the mind works.

From Time Magazine Archive