as in education
the understanding and information gained from being educated
he impressed everyone with his general literacy as well as his natural intelligence
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Recent Examples of literacy
Adult learners are provided with the ability to improve basic literacy and numeracy skills, learn English and prepare for their citizenship exam, at no cost and in every community.
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Larry Covino, Hartford Courant, 20 Mar. 2025
People of all political stripes rely on libraries for free internet access, job searches and literacy programs.
—Devon Akmon, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2025
This will expand credit access and improve financial literacy among entrepreneurs.
—Sarvesh Baveja, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Empowers parents with strategies to shield children from the dangers of social media while fostering digital literacy.
—Delano Massey, Axios, 23 Mar. 2025
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Larry Covino, Hartford Courant, 20 Mar. 2025
People of all political stripes rely on libraries for free internet access, job searches and literacy programs.
—Devon Akmon, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2025
This will expand credit access and improve financial literacy among entrepreneurs.
—Sarvesh Baveja, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Empowers parents with strategies to shield children from the dangers of social media while fostering digital literacy.
—Delano Massey, Axios, 23 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for literacy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for literacy
Noun
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For a nation where the majority of the population was born after 1979, there remains a glaring gap in education and public reckoning over the Khmer Rouge’s atrocities.—
Sophal Ear,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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This program was designed to teach designers the business side of their craft, a topic often overlooked in traditional design education.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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Last week, Fyre Festival organizers fired back at the Playa del Carmen's statement saying the Mexican city's government had no knowledge of the event.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Another lawsuit, from the state of Maine, lists and provides photographs of a litany of internal industry documents showing industry knowledge of the threat of climate change.—
Hannah Wiseman,
The Conversation,
18 Apr. 2025
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Her daughter who has dyslexia and receives special education services misses out on crucial learning time as a result.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2025
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Human dancers perform movements while wearing motion capture suits, and this data is fed into Atlas' learning model.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Harper has seven scholarship spots remaining to meet the new NCAA Division 15-player roster cap.—
Kevin Utz,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2025
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Future scholarship dollars could also potentially be reallocated under the increasing financial burden of revenue sharing, which will largely be directed to revenue sports.—
Justin Williams,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Literacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/literacy. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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