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Noun
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Nobody is more alive to the comic incongruity than the man himself.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026 -
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
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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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Such incongruence between actions and intentions can also bring about feelings of guilt.—
Becca Stanek,
TheWeek,
24 Apr. 2026
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Psychologists call it a low tolerance for cognitive incongruence.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
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“Incongruousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incongruousness. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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