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  • verb Present participle of cohere.

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Examples

  • So something better than a 'cohering' receiving was needed -- something that was self-recovering, like a human eye.

    Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose

  • The walls were a millennium of current and eyeballs cohering in bone.

    My House In The Middle Of The Ocean John Olson 2011

  • A cohering unit that can make its way through the world.

    Viva Chile! They Left No Man Behind. Peggy Noonan 2010

  • And then there's the taste -- so many complex flavors and smells, and yet, when done right, cohering in something harmonious and even sublime.

    Barry Eisler Answers.... 2010

  • I think opinion is finally cohering around education being the answer – and thus why all the heated debate on reform, especially on the left (as we actually believe in social justice).

    Matthew Yglesias » Is Our Children Learning 2010

  • If you notice that you're "getting stuck" in the middle, recognize that this "stuckness" is a function of your story's not cohering to your "idea of your story."

    Alan Watt: Six Reasons to Write Your First Draft Quickly Alan Watt 2011

  • He was merely the structure of a man, the bones of a man, still cohering, stripped practically of all flesh and covered with a parchment-like skin.

    Chapter 20 2010

  • If you notice that you're "getting stuck" in the middle, recognize that this "stuckness" is a function of your story's not cohering to your "idea of your story."

    Alan Watt: Six Reasons to Write Your First Draft Quickly Alan Watt 2011

  • When seen on their own, these might seem like disconnected events, but I believe these incidents augur a larger trend of public creativity and entrepreneurial energy cohering around this issue.

    World Water Day - Party Like It's 2010 2010

  • This turmoil led to a fracturing of the movement, with a moderate Islamist leader -- Sharif Sheikh Ahmed -- taking over a transitional government, and the more radical elements cohering into AS.

    Peter Henne: What Do We Make of Somalia? 2010

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