illiteracy
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Illiteracy is high in The Gambia so a unique voting system involving marbles is used.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2021
Illiteracy made it harder for women to escape after they were taken into captivity, because they couldn’t read the signs on unfamiliar buildings in Isis-held towns and cities.
From The Guardian • Jul. 25, 2017
Salon reached out to John Allen Paulos, the prominent mathematician and author of “Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences,” requesting a comment on the controversy.
From Salon • Feb. 2, 2016
Illiteracy is rampant in the country, and many of those overseeing the election received only a day or two of training.
From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2015
Illiteracy was no longer the style at court.
From Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Spenser, Edmund
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A Raisin in the Sun
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Workshop 1, Part 1
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