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Recent Examples of incongruence
In her Venn diagrams, Kim presses uncomfortable categories together, exploring the space of overlap as one of incongruence and friction.
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Mara Mills, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
Through a playful yet serious, if not tragic, way of narrating society and its incongruences, Birgit Jürgenssen and Cinzia Ruggeri reflect on clothes and accessories as a way to express identity but also as a tool to analyze the societal and physical spaces occupied by women.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2025
These included, but were not limited to: Gender incongruence.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Many of our brave officers are hampered by policy incongruence that many times lead to inaction.
—Anthony Segrich, Sun Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2025
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Mara Mills, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
Through a playful yet serious, if not tragic, way of narrating society and its incongruences, Birgit Jürgenssen and Cinzia Ruggeri reflect on clothes and accessories as a way to express identity but also as a tool to analyze the societal and physical spaces occupied by women.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2025
These included, but were not limited to: Gender incongruence.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Many of our brave officers are hampered by policy incongruence that many times lead to inaction.
—Anthony Segrich, Sun Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incongruence
Noun
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Already concerned about the incongruity of having a comic yukking it up with what was happening with the AP and other outlets, the WHCA scrapped her.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
27 Apr. 2025
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Kirby’s incongruity is terrifying, so said someone much wiser than me.—
Mitch Wallace,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
Noun
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The inconsistency confuses visitors and even enforcement officers.—
John Michael Pierobon,
Sun Sentinel,
25 May 2025
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But much like their previous two matchups, inconsistency quickly crept in for the Sparks (1-3).—
Anthony De Leon,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
Noun
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Ukraine’s Finance Minister Serhii Marchenko has called for fair adjustments, emphasizing the warrants’ incompatibility with Ukraine’s post-invasion economic realities.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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This incompatibility often comes down to the CTO wanting to invest in technology at the expense of product innovation and vice versa.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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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 Jun. 2025.
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