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In “Vaccine Flag,” a vertical banner arcs gracefully across a soft gradient of L.A. haze, but the banner’s fabric is so tattered and decayed that its advertisement for vaccines is barely legible.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
A "for sale" sign is barely legible at the top, its letters faded by sun and salt air.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 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
"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
A single word was barely legible on the frame, written by hand in black ink: Kraken.
From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Unit 4: Powerful Openings
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The Marvels
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