intelligible
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Taken in isolation, these three irreducible realities are opaque; for Rosenzweig they become intelligible only in relation to one another.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Within months, Sarah lost the use of her hands, then "all intelligible speech".
From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025
That’s a prescient thought, given the only intelligible question one can muster once they see Gaga’s 25-foot dress for the opening act is, “How?”
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2025
The casting of deaf and hearing actors — one to embody and emotionalize a character, the other to sing, speak and jam — fails to harmonize into a resonant or even intelligible interpretation.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2024
To Pippin’s surprise he found that much of the talk was intelligible; many of the Orcs were using ordinary language.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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