Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a cogent manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a cogent manner; forcibly; convincingly; conclusively.
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- adverb In a
cogent manner.
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Examples
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When a student is able to explain cogently why she is taking a position ...
Kenneth Bernstein: The Most Objectionable Thing About Waiting for 'Superman' Kenneth Bernstein 2010
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When a student is able to explain cogently why she is taking a position ...
Kenneth Bernstein: The Most Objectionable Thing About Waiting for 'Superman' Kenneth Bernstein 2010
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Not only are the timbre and melody off -- he was always wild -- but he also doesn't phrase cogently, and the songs just hit the dirt.
Expecting Rain Robert Christgau 2010
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He cogently explained to the doctor that either he was awake and in great pain or he was drugged into unconsciousness.
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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Anne Neal cogently states the fundamental problem confronting the U.S. Our schools at every level are more interested in promoting goals that have nothing to do with basic education.
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Ehrenreich argues cogently that the emerging field of “positive psychology” is based heavily on bad or no science.
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Every society needs its intellectuals and academics, if only to present something to argue cogently against, if nothing else!
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My job is not to brainwash them, but rather to teach them to read critically, write and speak more cogently, learn how to listen.
Kenneth Bernstein: The Most Objectionable Thing About Waiting for 'Superman' Kenneth Bernstein 2010
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Every society needs its intellectuals and academics, if only to present something to argue cogently against, if nothing else!
Pundits and why you can’t believe them — Fusion Despatches 2010
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And a delightfully staged confrontation between the Pastor and the king, in which a diaphanous scrim separates the king and his world of order from the Pastor and his chorus of followers, frames the thematic stakes cogently from the outset.
Passion and Pyrotechnics Fit for a King Jonathan Blitzer 2011
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