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Recent Examples of readable
To demonstrate this accuracy, the team even shaped the nanowires into readable letters on the film.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2025
Always, understanding comes from pinpointing the relevant factors and forgetting the rest, from compressing nature’s endless intricacies into a human-readable story about the universe.
—Quanta Magazine, 17 Dec. 2025
Ullrich, a best-selling historian of Germany and biographer of Hitler, offers a readable and reliable account of this period, when politics had become polarized in a time of significant economic stress.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
The second is that the billboard should be highly readable with a strong color contrast.
—Adam M. Rosen, thehustle.co, 12 Dec. 2025
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2025
Always, understanding comes from pinpointing the relevant factors and forgetting the rest, from compressing nature’s endless intricacies into a human-readable story about the universe.
—Quanta Magazine, 17 Dec. 2025
Ullrich, a best-selling historian of Germany and biographer of Hitler, offers a readable and reliable account of this period, when politics had become polarized in a time of significant economic stress.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
The second is that the billboard should be highly readable with a strong color contrast.
—Adam M. Rosen, thehustle.co, 12 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for readable
Adjective
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The service dog lettering must be legible from a distance and reflect light.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
30 Dec. 2025
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Branson is holding up a notebook page for the camera, but the writing is not legible.—
Scott MacFarlane,
CBS News,
12 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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As Sportico has detailed, many of these cases have come up short, including because courts have found the VPPA concerns information that would be decipherable to an ordinary person—like a list of videos someone watched—whereas interpretation of cookies requires technology and expertise.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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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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Future updates may introduce visible hit points and on-screen scoring, turning group flights into structured air-battle experiences.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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It’s made with reflective striping that’ll keep you visible in low light.—
Jasmine Gomez,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Without explicit training, civil servants risk assuming that a system that writes like an expert also counts like one.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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In addition, explicit prohibitions on shooting at vehicles are largely absent from the law, which means that officers responsible for fatal shootings of drivers that appear to violate departmental policies still often escape criminal penalties.—
Ben Jones,
The Conversation,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The clean double-breasted buttons instantly add elegance to your airport outfit, especially when paired with a matching Amazon Essentials Turtleneck and sleek black Libin Wide-leg Dress Pants to keep you warm and comfortable from takeoff to arrival.—
Julia Morlino,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Jan. 2026
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Baby and Kids' Toys Babies put everything in their mouths, and the dishwasher is a perfect way to keep teething rings and pacifiers clean.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Readable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/readable. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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