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Recent Examples of intelligibility
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.
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Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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.
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Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
Research has also shown pupillometry to be a sensitive, objective correlate of speech intelligibility and mental strain.
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IEEE Spectrum,
7 Jan. 2026
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
Much of it was lost to the audience, since reverberant amplification gave heroic heft to Blanchett’s voice at the cost of intelligibility.
—
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intelligibility
Noun
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Her fierce intelligence helps paper over some of the screenplay’s rougher transitions, and even lends a measure of legibility to Sylvia’s sudden coldness.
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The largest listing sites bring legibility to tens of thousands of businesses for sale, with millions of monthly buyers on the other side.
Noun
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It is also designed to improve readability.
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Websites today need to be built for machine-first readability, with humans second.
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“Intelligibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intelligibility. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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