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Recent Examples of incoherence
Yet there is an incoherence to many of Trump’s initiatives that would cause midcentury conservatives to blanch.
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Michael Singh, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2025
The historiographical incoherence at the heart of many of the Frick talks persists in more recent efforts to legitimize computer vision’s place in art history by means of lineage.
—Sonja Drimmer, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
The crony character of protectionism becomes obvious when examining the labyrinthine incoherence of U.S. trade policy.
—David B. McGarry, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2025
Several stories in the collection describe elaborate techniques for getting discharged, the inevitable strains of reentry, and the looping incoherence of petty authorities.
—Audrey Wollen, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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Michael Singh, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2025
The historiographical incoherence at the heart of many of the Frick talks persists in more recent efforts to legitimize computer vision’s place in art history by means of lineage.
—Sonja Drimmer, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
The crony character of protectionism becomes obvious when examining the labyrinthine incoherence of U.S. trade policy.
—David B. McGarry, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2025
Several stories in the collection describe elaborate techniques for getting discharged, the inevitable strains of reentry, and the looping incoherence of petty authorities.
—Audrey Wollen, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incoherence
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How responsible a mother can be for her son’s actions remains an open question, but the contortions of her denial, with its euphemisms and its illogic, are closely and relentlessly examined, as is her inability to speak or act to stop him.—
Katie Kitamura,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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The circular illogic perfectly encapsulates college football.—
Jon Wilner,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2025
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European countries must overcome political disunity and serious budgetary problems to restore the continent’s military power and fill the gaps that a diminished U.S. contribution would leave.—
JENNIFER LIND,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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No joint statement Host Canada certainly looks to be avoiding any obvious signs of disunity, having abandoned the usual communique that’s issued at the end of G7 summits on how the group plans to work together to tackle joint challenges.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
16 June 2025
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With sessions lasting several hours, her intention was to grant as much agency as possible to the teens involved, and to counter the inevitable power imbalance between herself and her subjects.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
26 July 2025
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When posture is compromised or muscle imbalances are present, your gait can change in ways that can counter the health benefits of walking by increasing your risk of chronic pain and injury.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
24 July 2025
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That asymmetry discourages investment in the very strategies that could build long-term economic resilience and that needs to change.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Root takes that concept of player asymmetry to another level, letting each player fight for dominion of the woodland wilderness with completely different actions and mechanisms.—
Simon Hill,
Wired News,
12 July 2025
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Between the assassination in Sarajevo, the mass slaughter in the trenches, and the stagnant front lines lie disproportions so immense that cause and effect lose all relation.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2025
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Between the assassination in Sarajevo, the mass slaughter in the trenches, and the stagnant front lines lie disproportions so immense that cause and effect lose all relation.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2025
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This dissonance can trigger feelings of guilt, shame and complicity, akin to moral degradation experienced by soldiers unable to act in accordance with their conscience.—
Yujia Zhu,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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From my vantage point, as someone intimately familiar with its surroundings, Delaney Hall's existence stands in opposition to the values of the very community where it is located, and the dissonance is staggering.—
Annell López,
Time,
12 May 2025
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The move to resume sales of the H20 chips comes amid easing tensions between Washington and Beijing, with China relaxing controls on rare earth exports and the United States allowing chip design software services to resume in China.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
15 July 2025
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This has caused tension between Blondi, Kash, and Bongino.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 July 2025
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Once contained to local disputes resolved between communities, the violence has exploded into mass killings fueled by population growth, the climate crisis, and the collapse of traditional peacemaking.—
Emmanuel Akinwotu,
NPR,
26 July 2025
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Tensions between the two communities have exploded, leading to some of the worst sectarian violence Syria has seen since the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
25 July 2025
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“Incoherence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incoherence. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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