intelligible
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Taken in isolation, these three irreducible realities are opaque; for Rosenzweig they become intelligible only in relation to one another.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Within months, Sarah lost the use of her hands, then "all intelligible speech".
From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025
When situated within this broader context of a professed commitment to scientific detachment, Oppenheimer’s behavior becomes more intelligible.
From Salon • Jul. 22, 2025
Elora Forshee, director of Sedgwick County Emergency Communications, has said Bedeski’s call was not intelligible enough for the dispatcher to understand that she was trapped.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2023
What I was chained to, and how heavily, became intelligible to me, as I heard his hoarse voice, and sat looking up at his furrowed bald head with its iron grey hair at the sides.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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