Peter Sokolowski
speaker
1,510 appearances
96 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard today
Peter Sokolowski’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
Trend
recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 96 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 35.
Appearances
Kin, another ancient word,
matched
can also refer independently to relatives.
matched
Occasionally, you will see kith and kin used to refer only to family members, much to the chagrin of those who despise redundancy in language.
matched
If you wish to avoid redundancy charges, you will be sure to include friends as well as family among your kith and kin.
matched
With your Word of the Day, I'm Peter Sokoloski.
matched
Visit Merriam-Webster.com today for definitions, wordplay, and trending word lookups.
matched
It's the Word of the Day podcast for August 28th.
voice-verified
Today's word is cogent, spelled C-O-G-E-N-T.
voice-verified
Cogent is an adjective.
voice-verified
It's a formal word that describes something that is very clear and easy for the mind to accept and believe.
voice-verified
It is used as a synonym of the word convincing.
voice-verified
Here's the word used in a sentence from the LA Times.
voice-verified
The history of art reads here as one long free verse poem in progress, gorgeous and absorbing.
voice-verified
Even so, many of the most memorable moments come in the form of cogent micro essays, smartly curated ensembles of work bearing a legible lucid premise.
voice-verified
A cogent argument is one that really drives its point home because it is clear, coherent, and readily understandable, and perhaps also because of the etymological history of the word cogent.
voice-verified
Cogent comes from the Latin verb cogere, meaning to drive or force together.
voice-verified
Something described as cogent fuses thoughts and ideas into a meaningful whole that others can readily grasp and accept.
voice-verified
A cogent explanation is a convincing one, and cogent analysis has us nodding along because it is clear and pertinent.
voice-verified
Cogere was formed in Latin by combining the prefix co- with the verb agere, meaning to drive, lead, or act, a root which is also the source of our familiar noun agent.
voice-verified
Handily enough,
voice-verified
Showing 521–540 of 1,510 · page 27 of 76
← Previous
Next →