as in understandable
capable of being understood
an anxious mood that was clearly legible upon her face
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Recent Examples of legible
The result was to make insider thinking legible to a much broader audience at a fever-pitch moment in the AI conversation.
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Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
The bright display is clear and legible in daylight, showing key information without being cluttered.
—New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2025
In December 2024, independent journalist Ken Klippenstein published a transcript of the legible parts of the alleged manifesto.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Apple diffuses the color and shape of underlying content somewhat and dims it a little so that all of the UI that's up there at the top of the screen stays legible, which usually works but occasionally doesn't.
—ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
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Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
The bright display is clear and legible in daylight, showing key information without being cluttered.
—New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2025
In December 2024, independent journalist Ken Klippenstein published a transcript of the legible parts of the alleged manifesto.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Apple diffuses the color and shape of underlying content somewhat and dims it a little so that all of the UI that's up there at the top of the screen stays legible, which usually works but occasionally doesn't.
—ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legible
Adjective
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Such resignation is both understandable and impermissible.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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For all that understandable positivity, right-back has become a barometer for Liverpool’s unsettled start to the season.—
Andy Jones,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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At the time, what is now the 14th arrondissement was outside of the city proper, but still easily accessible.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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This model reduces upfront investment and makes high-end simulation accessible to smaller firms that previously couldn’t afford enterprise-scale CAE platforms.—
Ni Tao,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Legible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legible. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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