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Recent Examples of readable
In Chernow’s defense, hard decisions—on what gets included and what left out—are the cost of doing business for a biographer who wants to produce a readable life, and his Twain is eminently readable.
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John Jeremiah Sullivan, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
This ensures photos are captured in a format that is more easily readable by Android devices.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2025
Intent to Destroy: Russia’s Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine
By Eugene Finkel
Finkel, a historian and political scientist, offers a nuanced and highly readable account of the complex history of Ukraine from medieval times to the ongoing Russian invasion.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Job Seekers Wrestle with Resume Content The Challenge The fifth major challenge 22% of job seekers face is finding the right balance between providing detailed information and keeping your resume concise and readable.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
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John Jeremiah Sullivan, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
This ensures photos are captured in a format that is more easily readable by Android devices.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2025
Intent to Destroy: Russia’s Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine
By Eugene Finkel
Finkel, a historian and political scientist, offers a nuanced and highly readable account of the complex history of Ukraine from medieval times to the ongoing Russian invasion.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Job Seekers Wrestle with Resume Content The Challenge The fifth major challenge 22% of job seekers face is finding the right balance between providing detailed information and keeping your resume concise and readable.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for readable
Adjective
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In jumbles of old stones that, to me, are barely legible as the remains of buildings, Cocon López could see the entire timeline of old Aké and how later people interacted with and repurposed what came before.—
Lizzie Wade,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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Accessibility Reader This is another innovation which works alongside Magnifier, to take text from the physical world and turn it into a legible format in a custom font.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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After the worst games, the stress was visible in the set of his shoulders.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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The northern lights will be visible at night on Sunday, June 1, and Monday, June 2, between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. ET.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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As with early shōnen-ai, tales that explored explicit physical attraction between girls tended to end in tragedy.—
Vrai Kaiser,
Them.,
30 May 2025
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What To Know The tech mogul entered politics last year with the explicit purpose of getting Trump elected for a second term as president, spending more than $75 million in the process.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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The clean, bright walls along with colorful rugs and hardwood floors can seem impossible for people living in apartments.—
Kaitlyn Keegan,
Hartford Courant,
3 Feb. 2023
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At the end of the dredging, sediment that’s not placed on the beach could be left in the pit and covered with a layer of clean sand.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Feb. 2023
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“Readable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/readable. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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