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Recent Examples of legibility
The sculptural sapphire crystal flows over a three-dimensional dial-flange, with enhanced depth and legibility.
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Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 19 Jan. 2026
Their power lies not in persuasion, but in legibility.
—Debbie Millman, Time, 7 Jan. 2026
Numerals and markers filled with Super-LumiNova ensure a high legibility akin to the instruments of an aircraft cockpit (or Defender dash even).
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2026
The Americans with Disabilities Act requires sans-serif fonts on physical signage and display screens because of their relative legibility.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 11 Dec. 2025
Mackey does especially skillful work conveying the legibility of Ella’s personal anxiety and political passion.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 10 Dec. 2025
That one question helped complicate ideas about institutional visibility and legibility.
—Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
But under certain circumstances—when using some shades of gray as your background or an image that's dark in some areas but light in others—macOS will still draw an extremely subtle drop-shadow underneath the menu bar area to maintain legibility.
—ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Due to the challenges in maintaining legibility and uniformity across these textures, only certain colors are viable.
—Matthew Catellier, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 19 Jan. 2026
Their power lies not in persuasion, but in legibility.
—Debbie Millman, Time, 7 Jan. 2026
Numerals and markers filled with Super-LumiNova ensure a high legibility akin to the instruments of an aircraft cockpit (or Defender dash even).
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2026
The Americans with Disabilities Act requires sans-serif fonts on physical signage and display screens because of their relative legibility.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 11 Dec. 2025
Mackey does especially skillful work conveying the legibility of Ella’s personal anxiety and political passion.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 10 Dec. 2025
That one question helped complicate ideas about institutional visibility and legibility.
—Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
But under certain circumstances—when using some shades of gray as your background or an image that's dark in some areas but light in others—macOS will still draw an extremely subtle drop-shadow underneath the menu bar area to maintain legibility.
—ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Due to the challenges in maintaining legibility and uniformity across these textures, only certain colors are viable.
—Matthew Catellier, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legibility
Noun
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The center screen is handsomely integrated well below your road-facing sightline, and slightly canted toward the driver for exceptional readability.—
Andrew P. Collins,
The Drive,
21 Jan. 2026
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More specifically, Ferroux wants to raise the perception of the elegant brand — improve its clarity and readability.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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
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Research has also shown pupillometry to be a sensitive, objective correlate of speech intelligibility and mental strain.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Legibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legibility. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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