hang together
verb
hung together; hanging together; hangs together
1
: to remain united : stand by one another
2
: to have unity : form a consistent or coherent whole
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The personal and political hang together in a tight and satisfying braid.
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Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2024
If these five justices hang together against ghost guns, that won’t be a particularly unexpected plot twist.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
The casein network needs to be flexible enough to move but rigid enough that the cheese hangs together.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2024
Instead of information and context, the viewer encounters beautiful works hung together in ways that keep the histories between them as abstract as most of the art itself.
—K. L. H. Wells, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024
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Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2024
If these five justices hang together against ghost guns, that won’t be a particularly unexpected plot twist.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
The casein network needs to be flexible enough to move but rigid enough that the cheese hangs together.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2024
Instead of information and context, the viewer encounters beautiful works hung together in ways that keep the histories between them as abstract as most of the art itself.
—K. L. H. Wells, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024
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“Hang together.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hang%20together. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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