Example Sentences

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Wheeler sought self-consistency through a “participatory universe” in which human observation in the present could affect quantum outcomes in the past.

From Scientific American • Nov. 13, 2017

At fifty-two, Waldman is known for defying expectation, even occasionally at the cost of self-consistency or inner peace.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 12, 2017

In Prisoner of Azkaban, the HP universe seems to adhere to the Novikov self-consistency principle, which states — in very broad terms — that time is a closed loop.

From Time • Aug. 1, 2016

As you read through the new collection, however, you realize that what seems at first like narrowness, or mere repetition, is in fact intellectual self-consistency, dogged allegiance to the highest artistic ideals.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2016

It turns out he’s never heard of the grandfather paradox or the Novikov self-consistency principle, which kind of surprises me.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon