How to Use congruence in a Sentence

congruence

noun
  • At the close, there’s a fugue-like absence where there should be congruence and meaning.
    — Lucy Scholes, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Once again, the congruence between pasta dish and fragrance was eerie.
    — Molly Young, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Heathers‘s problem of tone is not just the accidental congruence that crops up when artists take risks.
    — Daniel D'addario, Time, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Vision is a tool for alignment, congruence, and focus.
    — Chip Bell, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Hecke’s methods only worked for congruence groups and their modular forms.
    — Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The poll found a surprising congruence of views between residents of the two states on most issues.
    — James Conca, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021
  • In the case of the triangle and the square, the brownies show exactly how this scissors congruence works.
    — Patrick Honner, Quanta Magazine, 21 Nov. 2022
  • There is a congruence between the shock models for both genes and memes, but a huge difference between them in the gradual scenario.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2011
  • Many chains are finding that fewer stores are better, and have been shutting down locations to maintain quality and brand congruence.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Notice patterns in your colleagues’ body language to decode their moods and pay attention to congruence between words and gestures.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The congruence between health and economic goals is also the biggest development in the fight against climate change.
    — Michael Bloomberg, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2015
  • But some have argued that this congruence between the American project and the forces of modernity has weakened in recent years.
    — G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2014
  • One of the most important factors for success is complete congruence between you and your company’s mission.
    — Ross Franklin, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Worthy winners emerged, with significant congruence between the pro and consumer judges.
    — Laura Ness, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Finding alignment and congruence is key to leadership competence.
    — Jedidiah Alex Koh, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The first solution of the first congruence is 3, because 5 goes into 3 zero times and leaves a remainder of 3.
    — Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Reduce friction and align yourself with maximum congruence; get all the elements going in the same direction.
    — Philly.com, 28 June 2017
  • The new proof automatically delivers congruence for all these cases — for free.
    — Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 9 Mar. 2023
  • In congruence with all of those handy features, shoppers love the way the scrubber saves time and energy, all without sacrificing wow-worthy results.
    — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Wealth is a congruence between your health, financial prosperity, and fulfillment throughout all facets of your life, and deserves to be treated as such.
    — Celinne Da Costa, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2021
  • In congruence with typical replay reviews, conclusive visual evidence is required to overturn a call on the floor.
    — Jake Fischer, SI.com, 10 July 2019
  • To find the congruence requires a long, and at times frustrating, journey, to what some call Mexico profundo—the country’s ancient roots.
    — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
  • But as the play turns more serious in the last third, finally revealing what happened in New York, the congruence of form and function begins to fray.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2017
  • In fact, the above argument involving the triangle, the rectangle and the square shows that scissors congruence is also transitive.
    — Patrick Honner, Quanta Magazine, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The story of our evolutionary congruence with primates is perhaps our most powerful collective origin myth.
    — Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 6 May 2022
  • Moneymaker disagrees, saying the congruence of evidence is just too much; the tracks, audio recordings, eye witnesses, and hair samples.
    — Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics, 17 July 2019
  • The researchers said their findings also suggest appearance congruence is important for trans and nonbinary youths’ well-being.
    — Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Bentley looks for subtle ways to give customers subtle congruence between the appointments on their motorcars and all aspects of their showroom experience.
    — Chip Bell, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Jenq says the best possible surgical outcome is based on finding aesthetic and functional congruence in the patient’s preferences.
    — Allure, 29 June 2021
  • When employees are engaged and there is clear person-job values congruence and alignment, withdrawal cognitions diminish and employees choose to stick around longer.
    — Jonathan H. Westover, Forbes, 30 June 2022

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