intelligibility

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Recent Examples of intelligibility What that translates to for audiences is better intelligibility — words that land rather than wash — and a cleaner overall mix, because the engineer is no longer spending mental and technical energy fighting unwanted signal at the source. Dave Brooks, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026 If wrestling is so watchable thanks to its intelligibility—every appearance, utterance, and movement is so extreme that the point of the story cannot be misinterpreted—then the same can be said of many scenarios in KUWTK. Literary Hub, 11 May 2026 Speaking of clarity, these new headphones have been designed by Sennheiser’s in-house acoustics team and are tuned for vocal intelligibility, while still providing plenty of bass response. Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026 Research has also shown pupillometry to be a sensitive, objective correlate of speech intelligibility and mental strain. IEEE Spectrum, 7 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intelligibility
Noun
  • That’s appreciable, and propelling this Winter’s Tale’s legibility is a cast full of undeniably excellent actors.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Just below, the most ambiguous passage of the work refuses legibility altogether, blending the whites and grays of the child’s shirt with the tones of her fingers and the blue fabric of the chair behind them.
    Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • At Google, code approval was gated on readability, because code is how knowledge moves between engineers.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • It is also designed to improve readability.
    StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 19 June 2026

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“Intelligibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intelligibility. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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