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literate

[lit-er-it] / ˈlɪt ər ɪt /


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Fighting back by being financially literate means a steady message of pay yourself first, live within your means and think about your future self.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

But he also recognises security and privacy issues and the dangers that those "who are not digitally literate can easily be scammed".

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

They want to graduate functionally literate young people, not hand kids a diploma that says they showed up for class for 12 years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

Now, women are universally literate and make up a majority of university students.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

Of course, the society that they created was not a literate, food-producing, industrial democracy.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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