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
Pun serves as his own director of photography here, which goes a long way to ensuring that the unfolding mayhem retains a visual coherence, even when the narrative threatens to become unshackled.
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James Marsh, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
Additionally, to overcome technological limitations, such as quantum coherence and data transmission speeds, financial leaders will need to do deep research and planning across multiple disciplines.
—Eric Solis, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Innovations such as topological quantum error correction and feedback control systems can maintain coherence over extended periods and distances.
—Pramod Kumar, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Transcending details and achieving compositional coherence—or, to extend the alliterativeness, horological wholeness—is the pinnacle of watch design.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2024
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James Marsh, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
Additionally, to overcome technological limitations, such as quantum coherence and data transmission speeds, financial leaders will need to do deep research and planning across multiple disciplines.
—Eric Solis, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Innovations such as topological quantum error correction and feedback control systems can maintain coherence over extended periods and distances.
—Pramod Kumar, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Transcending details and achieving compositional coherence—or, to extend the alliterativeness, horological wholeness—is the pinnacle of watch design.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for coherence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coherence
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Behind a gauzy scrim, most members of the ten-person cast pose in festive symmetry, carefully arranged around a living room glowing with a thousand holiday lights.Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
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There’s logic behind the symmetry of the Rose Bowl.Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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Data Factory is a tool for data ingestion, integration and orchestration, enabling the creation of data flows and data pipelines from multiple sources.Robert Kramer, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Musical supervision and orchestrations are by triple Tony Award winner Doug Besterman (Fosse, The Producers, Thoroughly Modern Millie).Greg Evans, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
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Dolled Up Trend Welcome to the dollhouse, where exaggerated proportions play up your childlike sense of wonder and joy.Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 17 Dec. 2024
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Flexibility in setting audio and visual preferences such as volume, audio speed or color saturation can go a long way in making a screen ASD-friendly and, as mentioned above, could also benefit a large proportion of users regardless of neurological wiring.Hashim Hayat, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Studies demonstrate there’s a psychological benefit to tidy domestic spaces as well as a correlation between cleanliness and overall wellbeing.Michelle Mastro, JSTOR Daily, 18 Dec. 2024
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Lower interest rates also imply a weakening dollar and growing money supply – both of which have demonstrated long-term correlations with bitcoin.Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024
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The movement holder is finished with Côtes de Genève and the caliber has a lovely, pearled surface, in perfect harmony with the other components like the oscillating weight, jeweled pivot points and other fine workings.Fairchild Studio, WWD, 7 Dec. 2024
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For him, organic architecture is a way of reshaping how humans live in harmony with the earth.Natalie Stoclet, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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In a rare display of unity, China made much the same argument.Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
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The two also emphasize the importance of creating unity among Arkansas counties, which could help emphasize the state's various cultural and economic developments.Rex Nelson, arkansasonline.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Coherence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coherence. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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