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[lej-uh-buhl] / ˈlɛdʒ ə bəl /


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On paper, they overlap on a lot—especially on affordability, a centerpiece of his campaign—but McMorrow is more legible to party leadership: governing experience, institutional familiarity, stronger fundraising.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026

“The Drama” has proven controversial and has been criticized as too thinly written by some viewers and critics who want answers and meaning laid out in legible, didactic lessons built into the script.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

Yet the legible parts of a signature on the large hanging scroll named a 15th-century Chinese court painter, Xu Gui.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

Though the paper was wet, both letters were still legible, so Ms Brown began tracking down the soldiers' families in order to pass them on.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025

Double-entry bookkeeping thus represents an attempt to make the real world, the world of bolts of silk, bales of wool and bags of sugar, mathematically legible.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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