cogency
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Tall, handsome and with a roguish charm, Bo seemed to enjoy the challenge, answering questions with wit and cogency.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2022
Her book has very little celebration in it, but it is a triumphant document of her refusal to be unseen, her ongoing dedication to cogency.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2022
As a result, White argues with cogency and passion, Hitchcock still “speaks with urgency to today’s audiences.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2021
Some of this new cogency comes from places you might least expect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2019
I. and II. delivered in Boston in 1844, where this topic is treated with great perspicuity and cogency.
From An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists by Simon Greenleaf
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