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Recent Examples of readable
Text in the Messages app tries to cast a faint shadow in an attempt to stay readable when positioned over top of a loud background image.
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ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Your profile should be findable and readable.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Most of the other contestants are readable only as proxies for the indispensability of the youth.
—Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
As in each of the stories, the lives of these characters outside of their chapter, while seldom spoken of in any revealing way, are amply readable.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Your profile should be findable and readable.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Most of the other contestants are readable only as proxies for the indispensability of the youth.
—Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
As in each of the stories, the lives of these characters outside of their chapter, while seldom spoken of in any revealing way, are amply readable.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for readable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for readable
Adjective
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Whereas Joseph Mitchell’s pristine artistry and Janet Malcolm’s penetrating eye seemed otherworldly, the elements of what made a McKelway story work were legible to me, albeit polished to their highest form.—
David Grann,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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The Babycatcher took the writing implements and, holding the pen like a farmer holds his fork, scratched down barely legible numbers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The luxury of listening to recordings is that an opera need not have a decipherable plot or a plausible setting to give pleasure.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The sweater is constructed using mink wool and doesn’t showcase any visible seams.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Repot rosemary into a pot that’s one size up from the current one when the plant has doubled in size or its roots are visible through the drainage holes.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In one recent case, a 22-year-old man used Discord to prey on victims as young as 12 years old, coercing them into creating explicit content.—
Alex Vance,
Parents,
21 Oct. 2025
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In sharp contrast, Trump has now attempted three times to send troops to large cities over the explicit objection of Democratic governors.—
Andrea Katz,
The Conversation,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The home boasts clean lines, a sprawling backyard featuring a fire pit and a pool, as well as a home gym.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Some of these mountainsides have dislodged themselves deep in the bedrock, causing the face of a mountain to shear clean off — as has happened at least twice in the last two years.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Readable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/readable. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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