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Recent Examples of incongruence
The visual incongruence creates a sense of claustrophobia—for both Alice and the viewers—as though the entire house is closing in on her.
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
The tricky room of architectural incongruences also features a brass bed by Worthen, a wall of smoked mirror with rosettes to enhance the natural light, and Romo curtains.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Architectural Digest, 11 Dec. 2024
In doing all this, a confederation would resolve thorny questions arising from the incongruence between citizenship, nationhood, and statehood as well as between demography, nationality, and sovereignty.
—Omar M. Dajani, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2024
There is its sheer incongruence as a red-carpet look.
—Joshua Hunt, New York Times, 12 June 2024
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
The tricky room of architectural incongruences also features a brass bed by Worthen, a wall of smoked mirror with rosettes to enhance the natural light, and Romo curtains.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Architectural Digest, 11 Dec. 2024
In doing all this, a confederation would resolve thorny questions arising from the incongruence between citizenship, nationhood, and statehood as well as between demography, nationality, and sovereignty.
—Omar M. Dajani, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2024
There is its sheer incongruence as a red-carpet look.
—Joshua Hunt, New York Times, 12 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incongruence
Noun
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Meanwhile, Adela, a former poet now showing signs of dementia, creates spontaneous poetry of poignant incongruities.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2025
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But that incongruity becomes part of The Monkey’s strange sense of humor.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Through all of the ups and downs, the injuries, the inconsistency, the drama, the controversy and a series of trades that the club knew would diminish the quality of their lineup in the short term, Vancouver has found ways to stay afloat.—
Thomas Drance,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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That’s one of many inconsistencies pertaining to size and nutrition.—
Manvir Singh,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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There’s also the issue known as compatibility, where many drivers are finding their batteries are not being charged because of technical incompatibility between their vehicles and some public charging stations.—
Ed Garsten,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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When every part of the company works off the same platform, rolling out changes becomes much simpler as there’s no need to worry about incompatibility.—
Maksym Kryvoshlyk,
Forbes,
24 Oct. 2024
Noun
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And the main driver of the inconsistences seems to be due to contractual obligations and profits.—
Jake Frederico,
The Arizona Republic,
21 Apr. 2023
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Very inconsistent with practices, which led to inconsistence with games.—
Percy Allen,
The Seattle Times,
31 July 2018
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“Incongruence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incongruence. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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