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Recent Examples of readability
Concerns about readability, motion, and visual complexity echo the resistance that met iOS 7 more than a decade ago.
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Bill Schiffmiller, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
While formatting is not a concern, structure and readability are.
—Jon Stojan, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
The system that your paper had before this crappy format was easy to use, had better page readability, and could be read in record time.
—Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2025
Bill Schiffmiller, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
While formatting is not a concern, structure and readability are.
—Jon Stojan, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
The system that your paper had before this crappy format was easy to use, had better page readability, and could be read in record time.
—Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for readability
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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,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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Due to the challenges in maintaining legibility and uniformity across these textures, only certain colors are viable.—
Matthew Catellier,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Malen has the pace and directness but tends to make runs inside rather than be a wide outlet.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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That directness empowers both parents and students to make sound choices.—
Joyce Marter,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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For parents, the name of the game is forthrightness.—
Nona Han,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Aug. 2025
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That sets up a showdown over expiring Obamacare subsidies and other health-care funding priorities, with Democrats vowing to block any measure that ignores them and some moderate Republicans signaling openness to a deal to avoid steep premium hikes for millions of Americans.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
14 Sep. 2025
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Crypto, with its radical transparency and openness, sits uneasily alongside Switzerland’s historic culture of discretion.—
Francois Botha,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Readability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/readability. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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