as in incongruity
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Recent Examples of incongruence
Some transgender people in the state will experience a similar incongruence between their physical appearance and the gender marker on their state ID.
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David Williams, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
Widening the fields, at the expense of seats The other main structural incongruence of NFL stadiums as World Cup venues was their narrowness.
—Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Teachers and school staff have a federal constitutional right to accurately inform the parent or guardian of their student when the student expresses gender incongruence.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Health Minister Simeon Brown said doctors would no longer be able to prescribe gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues for gender dysphoria or incongruence to those seeking treatment for the conditions and not already on the drugs.
—Reuters, NBC news, 20 Nov. 2025
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David Williams, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
Widening the fields, at the expense of seats The other main structural incongruence of NFL stadiums as World Cup venues was their narrowness.
—Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Teachers and school staff have a federal constitutional right to accurately inform the parent or guardian of their student when the student expresses gender incongruence.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Health Minister Simeon Brown said doctors would no longer be able to prescribe gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues for gender dysphoria or incongruence to those seeking treatment for the conditions and not already on the drugs.
—Reuters, NBC news, 20 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incongruence
Noun
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Nobody is more alive to the comic incongruity than the man himself.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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During the talk, Brooks joked about the seeming incongruity of teaching courses in emotional realism under the shingle of a public policy school.—
Erin Vanderhoof,
Vanity Fair,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Across 2025-26, there are few outstanding contenders — a reflection upon, at least as far as the Premier League is concerned, a Newcastle campaign riddled with inconsistency and underperformance (for the most part).—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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LoGiudice identifies three drivers behind inconsistency that rarely get discussed together.—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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And, of course, the incompatibility will apply to retirement savers outside of the state programs as well.—
Sarah Agostino,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
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Increasingly, experts suggest relationship strain may not always reflect incompatibility as much as cumulative exhaustion.—
Maia Niguel Hoskin,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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 7 Jun. 2026.
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