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Recent Examples of incongruence
In doing all this, a confederation would resolve thorny questions arising from the incongruence between citizenship, nationhood, and statehood as well as between demography, nationality, and sovereignty.
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Omar M. Dajani, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2024
There is its sheer incongruence as a red-carpet look.
—Joshua Hunt, New York Times, 12 June 2024
The joke gets huge laughs less on the merits of its structure than its violent incongruence with the tone of the rest of Notaro’s material, validating her instincts about it in the first place.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2024
The incongruence includes Camp Bonifas, a United Nations command post which features a spot Sports Illustrated labeled the world’s most dangerous golf course.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2024
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Omar M. Dajani, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2024
There is its sheer incongruence as a red-carpet look.
—Joshua Hunt, New York Times, 12 June 2024
The joke gets huge laughs less on the merits of its structure than its violent incongruence with the tone of the rest of Notaro’s material, validating her instincts about it in the first place.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2024
The incongruence includes Camp Bonifas, a United Nations command post which features a spot Sports Illustrated labeled the world’s most dangerous golf course.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incongruence
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Setting aside the delightful incongruity between the coach who once promised to bite off peoples’ kneecaps and his miniature companions, the fourth-down factor is a big part of what makes the Lions Must-See TV.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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The incongruity of profit maximization was brought to public attention in the UK recently, as the scale of river pollution from water utility companies becomes ever more apparent.—
Aissa Dearing,
JSTOR Daily,
9 Jan. 2025
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Cutting corners in any phase risks brand inconsistency.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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As Dave’s disappearance stretches on, eagle-eyed detective Mazo (Ramiro Blas) steps in, questioning both Anne and Tom like potential suspects and turning up inconsistencies in Anne’s account of the night’s events.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Feb. 2025
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In her debut memoir, No Fault: A Memoir of Romance and Divorce, Haley Mlotek shows how this central incompatibility yields a useful provocation: There are hazards in relying on stories as the prevailing metaphor for one’s romantic experiences, and even one’s life in total.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
The Atlantic,
19 Feb. 2025
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In their house, over a rich lunch of meat stew, Delores and Declan learn more about the nation’s cabbage scorn, make the same joke about Delores’ pants and demonstrate further incompatibility before taking off again.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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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 3 Mar. 2025.
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