How to Use incongruence in a Sentence

incongruence

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  • But most striking is how the report highlights the incongruence of what the science says about climate change and what the Trump administration is doing about it.
    — Umair Irfan, Vox, 26 Nov. 2018
  • Ultimately, the answers will bring to light any incongruence that may exist and serve as your blueprint throughout the due diligence process.
    — Mindy Diamond, Forbes, 15 June 2022
  • That fact — and its incongruence with the research university’s core credo that the truth shall set you free — has been difficult to reconcile for Daniels.
    — Angela Roberts, baltimoresun.com, 11 Dec. 2020
  • The hiring manager and the HR team need to first agree on the value of diversity, or else this incongruence will show up in the way their communique is positioned and worded.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
  • The seeming incongruence does not undermine voters’ recent shift away from the get-tough practices of the past, analysts said Wednesday.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Living with the fear and other feelings that came with her sense of gender incongruence, Borrowman said, put strain on her relationships.
    — Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 May 2022
  • The incongruence between the conversations and the nutty visual narratives makes the series challenging to take in.
    — Maya Phillips, New York Times, 7 May 2021
  • Indeed, pro-Kremlin figures, while celebrating the strikes, struggled to explain the incongruence of the fiery assault on cities that, in Mr. Putin’s telling, are core to Russia’s cultural heritage.
    — Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2022
  • But incongruence isn't necessarily a bad thing; far from it.
    — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 10 Aug. 2017
  • For that reason, keeping gender incongruence in the ICD-11–but moving it to a different chapter–maintains access to health care like hormones or surgery that some trans people may be seeking.
    — Sarah Klein, Health.com, 20 June 2018
  • All staff see the incongruence between leadership words and behaviors.
    — Kelly Tyler Byrnes, Forbes, 3 June 2021
  • Lee's protein example is designed to show this micro/macro incongruence.
    — Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 17 Jan. 2011
  • Somehow, this kind of rigorous, thoughtful probing still manages to coexist in perfect harmony with the show’s barbed sense of humor, an incongruence that Streep, in particular, seems to relish.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 7 June 2019
  • Any incongruence between leadership’s stated values and actions can erode trust.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2022
  • However, when faced with energetic incongruence, changing your career path is merely an escape, not a solution.
    — Annie Brown, Forbes, 13 May 2021
  • Despite the seeming incongruence of the storybook architecture and seductive interiors, Loew found parallels.
    — Robert Rufino, House Beautiful, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Particularly in provocative noncompliance or offer/withdrawal behaviors, there is a moment of incongruence.
    — Lucy Hicks, Science | AAAS, 3 Oct. 2020

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