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

This reproach of my dependence had become a vague sing-song in my ear: very painful and crushing, but only half intelligible.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë