as in symmetry
a balanced, pleasing, or suitable arrangement of parts
the house has been expanded and remodeled so many times that now it's a jumbled mess that lacks coherence
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Recent Examples of coherence
But the rapid growth of the U.S. economic security state has come at the cost of coherence.
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Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
The goal is to ensure that Marey delivers high-resolution, cinema-quality video without the technical pitfalls seen in other generative models, such as loss of coherence between frames or upscaling artifacts.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
They were put up against a smaller version of what will be D-Wave's Advantage 2 system, designed to have a higher qubit connectivity and longer coherence times than its current Advantage.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2025
By contrast to hierarchies of authority, networks of competence place subjective concerns like culture, mindsets, values, and narratives as the primary drivers of everything that happens in the organization to ensure the coherence and direction of the organization’s activities.
—Steve Denning, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
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Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
The goal is to ensure that Marey delivers high-resolution, cinema-quality video without the technical pitfalls seen in other generative models, such as loss of coherence between frames or upscaling artifacts.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
They were put up against a smaller version of what will be D-Wave's Advantage 2 system, designed to have a higher qubit connectivity and longer coherence times than its current Advantage.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2025
By contrast to hierarchies of authority, networks of competence place subjective concerns like culture, mindsets, values, and narratives as the primary drivers of everything that happens in the organization to ensure the coherence and direction of the organization’s activities.
—Steve Denning, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coherence
Noun
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Crafted in a deep red wine hue, the dress also featured small crystal embellishments placed with precision and symmetry.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
31 Mar. 2025
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From an evolutionary standpoint, humans like symmetry and balanced proportions.—
Liam Tharme,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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Moreover, the ability of agentic AI to function with contextual awareness transforms managerial oversight from an exercise in control to one of strategic orchestration.—
Steven Kawasumi,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Edge intelligence integrates real-time operations data with enterprise analytics, transforms resource planning from reactive to proactive, expands the scope of industrial automation from individual machines to process orchestration, and upgrades human roles from operators to innovators.—
Bill Curtis,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In 2023-24, the proportion of first-time undergraduate degree completers who earned a certificate was about 1 in 7 (15.4%), compared to 1 in 9 (11.3%), a decade earlier in 2014-15.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The proportion of female protagonists and co-leads has grown from 32% in 2015 to 54% in 2024.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Overall fat mass is correlated with disease, but correlation is not causation.—
Bethany Brookshire,
Scientific American,
27 Mar. 2025
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The 38mm stainless steel case further underscores the correlation between vintage proportions (when watches typically measured 36mm and 38mm in diameter) and modern wearability.—
Roberta Naas,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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But an aircraft's many systems must work in harmony during flight.—
Julian Dossett,
Space.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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In recent news Fitbit is in the process of giving its app a makeover, potentially to bring it in closer harmony with Google’s house style.—
Andrew Williams,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The dominance of a single clan, the Majeerteen, has in part likely helped facilitate this unity.—
Ido Levy,
The Conversation,
7 Apr. 2025
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Forest would, in theory, need to add more strength and depth to their squad, which might go against Nuno’s historic desire to operate with a small, compact group, where team spirit and unity are easier to preserve.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Coherence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coherence. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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