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legible

[lej-uh-buhl] / ˈlɛdʒ ə bəl /


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“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

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

Later, state police reports from the capital confirmed that the only legible fingerprints in Rael’s store belonged to Bernabe Montoya.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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