1
as in noticeable
capable of being seen
the visible light spectrum runs from red to violet
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2
as in famous
widely known
although he had been kicking around Hollywood for years, he only became a highly visible actor after his starring role in that year's biggest movie
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Recent Examples of visible
The 27-year-old pop star turned heads in a completely sheer butter yellow Dior gown over visible white lace lingerie while attending the luxury label's fashion show at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
So few buildings are left standing after Israeli bombardment that the Mediterranean is visible in the distance.
—Shira Pinson, NBC news, 17 May 2026
The deal would have been visible, lucrative, and validating.
—Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
But the pattern only became visible when the events were stacked together.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 May 2026
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Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
So few buildings are left standing after Israeli bombardment that the Mediterranean is visible in the distance.
—Shira Pinson, NBC news, 17 May 2026
The deal would have been visible, lucrative, and validating.
—Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
But the pattern only became visible when the events were stacked together.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for visible
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Windows Central has tested the low latency profile available in test builds of Windows 11 and observed a noticeable increase in speed and responsiveness on the same hardware compared to the current public version of Windows 11 25H2.—
Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
12 May 2026
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That difference is even more noticeable in real-world kitchens, where oils are often left at high heat for hours, Gruel said.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
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Short but sweet Jacksonville took advantage of perhaps the most famous offseason haircut with quarterback Trevor Lawrence getting his long locks cut short on camera after introducing the Jaguars’ schedule that then plays out on the screen edited down to less than 2 minutes.—
Teresa M. Walker,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2026
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To paraphrase the famous musical title, a funny thing happened on the way to the upfronts this year.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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The scene used one of the film’s funniest visual gags, an apartment so crazily tilted that nobody inside it could stand up straight.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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This approach preserves the visual identity of the original compact robot while adapting it to a far more demanding mechanical scale.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
17 May 2026
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With the House vote on Monday, Duterte, who comes from one of the country’s most prominent political dynasties, became the first official in the Southeast Asian country’s history to be impeached twice.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
11 May 2026
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In a hall occasionally pierced by air-raid sirens warning of Russian strikes, the event has united Ukraine’s most prominent galleries, artists, collectors, and cultural institutions.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 May 2026
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Stargazers will have to wait a few months for the next observable meteor shower activity.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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Thus, dark matter could be a case of a single particle with two completely different observable behaviors, depending on its surroundings.—
Paul M. Sutter,
Scientific American,
6 May 2026
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At one point in Avedon, Ron Howard’s documentary about the famed photographer Richard Avedon, the claim is made that Avedon captured much of the 20th century.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026
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Ferrell introduced his exaggerated impersonation of famed entertainer Robert Goulet for season 26 in 2000.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
17 May 2026
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The Georgia city’s northwest Buckhead neighborhood has been overrun in the last couple of weeks by empty, driverless ride-share vehicles due to an apparent routing behavior issue.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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Their apparent approach will culminate in a spectacular conjunction on June 9, when the two brightest planets in the night sky appear exceptionally close together after sunset.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Carter was soon turning out hits of his own, often backed by the celebrated session players at FAME.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
14 May 2026
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In the film Damon portrays a celebrated astronaut who, stranded and desperate, nearly sacrifices humanity to save himself.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
12 May 2026
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“Visible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visible. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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