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intelligible

[in-tel-i-juh-buhl] / ɪnˈtɛl ɪ dʒə bəl /


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He added: "Her conclusions are rational and supported by proper, adequate and intelligible reasons."

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

Also, the inventive, nonliteral staging by director Zack Winokur, choreographer Pam Tanowitz, co-set designers Mimi Lien and Jack Forman and lighting designer John Torres is astonishing to look at but not always intelligible.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 22, 2025

Art criticism is about writing, a fundamental way to process that mystery, aiming to discover something at least temporarily intelligible.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 1, 2025

It’s simply that you’ve got to do so with intelligible principles.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 6, 2025

Yet the answer did not seem sensible, intelligible.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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