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Recent Examples of readable
But a police officer had pulled him over in Corpus Christi, Texas, claiming that his license plate was scratched, even though Adelmo said the plate was clearly readable.
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Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
This lucidity not only makes his work readable but also staves off the perception that discourse about UFOs and the CIA must be riddled with conspiratorial paranoia.
—Louis Bury, ARTnews.com, 1 May 2026
The greens, by the way, were meticulous and – always a delight – readable.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
Chess can seem abstruse and forbidding to the uninitiated, but Himelfarb’s account of it is as readable and comprehensible as any more familiar sports story—or, for that matter, any narrative in which a bunch of ambitious people pursue a single goal.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
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Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
This lucidity not only makes his work readable but also staves off the perception that discourse about UFOs and the CIA must be riddled with conspiratorial paranoia.
—Louis Bury, ARTnews.com, 1 May 2026
The greens, by the way, were meticulous and – always a delight – readable.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
Chess can seem abstruse and forbidding to the uninitiated, but Himelfarb’s account of it is as readable and comprehensible as any more familiar sports story—or, for that matter, any narrative in which a bunch of ambitious people pursue a single goal.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for readable
Adjective
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One detail makes the strategy legible.—
Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Not the cuts — those were devastating but legible, the kind of crisis scientists know how to name.—
Jonathan Jackson,
STAT,
27 May 2026
Adjective
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Most Yiddish literature, and especially that by women, was published in now-scarce journals, or on barely decipherable newsprint.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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Avoid objectionable language, also known as any word or phrase that is readily decipherable.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Whatever just happened had already happened many times before, without the violence taking physical, visible form, without shattered glass or police.—
Andrea Bajani,
New Yorker,
7 June 2026
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Other signs include pale or yellow leaves all over, mushy stems, and visible fungus at the base of the plant.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
7 June 2026
Adjective
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Or, at least, the non-explicit words in Bodak Yellow.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
8 June 2026
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The expansion was explicit about its intentions.—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
Adjective
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Complimentary reef-safe sunscreen dispensers are available to guests property-wide and beach clean-ups are held regularly with guests invited to join.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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Both teams have played a clean game so far with eight turnovers apiece.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
4 June 2026
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“Readable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/readable. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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