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Recent Examples of intelligibility
Much of it was lost to the audience, since reverberant amplification gave heroic heft to Blanchett’s voice at the cost of intelligibility.
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Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 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
Everyone seems to symbolize something…but the oceanic flood of writing itself is always carrying them away, just beyond intelligibility.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 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
Everyone seems to symbolize something…but the oceanic flood of writing itself is always carrying them away, just beyond intelligibility.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intelligibility
Noun
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The dial is all about legibility, with white markings over a black surface, including a larger-than-usual tachymeter scale printed on one of the deepest flanges in the business.—
Carol Besler,
Robb Report,
2 Apr. 2026
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Gehry was not immune to the pressure toward legibility.—
Julian Rose,
Artforum,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This story has been lightly edited and condensed for readability.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
1 Apr. 2026
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This phone conversation was edited for length, clarity and readability.—
Emily Brindley
Health Reporter,
Dallas Morning News,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Intelligibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intelligibility. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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