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as in confusing
not clearly or logically connected
the thriller's incoherent plot left movie audiences wondering who did what
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as in loose
consisting of particles that do not stick together
a driveway covered with incoherent gravel
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Secrets emerge, and the plot takes jarring, incoherent steps forward.
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Holly Jones, Variety, 27 Sep. 2024
There is a worry — going back to [the philosopher] Tim Maudlin — that any theory that does not have space-time will be empirically incoherent.
—Amanda Gefter, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
Vance has repeated this incoherent claim in subsequent appearances.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024
Meanwhile, Trump was incoherent and lacked any serious grasp on policy.
—NPR, 11 Sep. 2024
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Holly Jones, Variety, 27 Sep. 2024
There is a worry — going back to [the philosopher] Tim Maudlin — that any theory that does not have space-time will be empirically incoherent.
—Amanda Gefter, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
Vance has repeated this incoherent claim in subsequent appearances.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024
Meanwhile, Trump was incoherent and lacked any serious grasp on policy.
—NPR, 11 Sep. 2024
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My muscles groaned against the weight of the skin around them, aching to be set loose.Jem Aswad, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
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The pair jarred the ball loose, but umpires immediately ruled Yankees batter Gleyber Torres out and the front-row fans were kicked out.Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
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Bitcoin miners can help renewable energy facilities, whose output is intermittent, resulting in inconsistent revenues, by evening out their revenue by purchasing excess energy at times when, say, wind is plentiful but demand is low, and by shutting off their facilities when usage is high.Laura Shin, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
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The themes of the advertisements aren't inconsistent with previous messaging from the former president.Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
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With information coming from a raft of disjointed and disconnected sources with lopsided levels of credibility, organizations and their employees need to foster a culture that rewards healthy skepticism and critical thinking skills for combating misinformation—and deleting or containing it.Steve Durbin, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Without this alignment, efforts to build financial resilience can become disjointed and less effective.John Abusaid, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
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As confused as Andy sawing a rope with the wrong end of the saw.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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What Berger manages to do is expertly convince the audience that these cardinals are more human than holy by creating stunning images of robed holy figures chain smoking cigarettes, scrolling on their smartphones and being overall morally confused.Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 24 Oct. 2024
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Competitors: Emerson Electric , RTX , 3M Weight in portfolio: 3.14% Most recent buy: April 10, 2024 Initiated: July 5, 2020 Honeywell has proven to be a frustrating holding.Jim Cramer, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2024
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For Dennings, one of the most frustrating things is how little migraines are discussed.Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 24 Oct. 2024
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Alaska currently has one of the most bizarre state legislatures, with the majority in both chambers being made up of members of multiple parties.Cooper Burton, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
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To file, debtors owe an up-front fee that can exceed $1,000—a bizarre catch-22 for someone who can’t afford to pay their bills.Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024
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Jokić put up an absurd 29 points, 18 rebounds and 16 assists in the Denver Nuggets’ 144-139 overtime win over the Brooklyn Nets, becoming only the second player in NBA history and the first in 62 years to reach that stat line.Matias Grez, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
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The challenge with Death Becomes Her, as Chiang and Ralston have explained, was creating lifelike human skin for the film’s absurd body horror.Jack Smart, People.com, 27 Oct. 2024
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Katie Hafner: To give you an example of just how disconnected Craig Jordan was from tamoxifen's early development, there's this.Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024
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Back in its Christchurch period, art critic Warren Feeney argued in a 2016 op-ed that the rooftop placement made Quasi seem disconnected and heightened its divisiveness.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Incoherent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incoherent. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.
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