as in understandable
capable of being understood
an anxious mood that was clearly legible upon her face
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Steps like these will ensure your message is legible to AI tools, positioning you for success on search, social, voice and beyond.
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Drew Chapin, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Dear Tongue-Tied, Right now, your family members are not morally legible to you.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 15 Dec. 2024
Framed within the two-piece 40 mm solid bronze alloy case, the matte black sandwich dial remains highly legible with central hour and minute functions, running seconds at six o’clock, and a date function at three.
—Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 30 July 2024
Then the door opened, and in came some kind of young person, tall and heron-thin, in a jumpsuit dirty at the knees, wearing a buzz cut that shone golden under the fluorescents and a gender that was not immediately legible.
—Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
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Drew Chapin, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Dear Tongue-Tied, Right now, your family members are not morally legible to you.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 15 Dec. 2024
Framed within the two-piece 40 mm solid bronze alloy case, the matte black sandwich dial remains highly legible with central hour and minute functions, running seconds at six o’clock, and a date function at three.
—Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 30 July 2024
Then the door opened, and in came some kind of young person, tall and heron-thin, in a jumpsuit dirty at the knees, wearing a buzz cut that shone golden under the fluorescents and a gender that was not immediately legible.
—Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Legible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legible. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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