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legible

[lej-uh-buhl] / ˈlɛdʒ ə bəl /


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A "for sale" sign is barely legible at the top, its letters faded by sun and salt air.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

The figures’ gestures and facial expressions are instantly legible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

"It shook the conscience of this court as not even a word or a letter was legible," he wrote in the order.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025

The bandmates dressed in secondhand suits that made them look posh to some and, perhaps more damningly, refused to flatten their class identity into something easily legible.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2025

I read the staff recommendations, all different genres praised in different handwriting, some more legible than others.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera




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