literate
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Now, women are universally literate and make up a majority of university students.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026
There are many notable exceptions, but on the whole, society has become less literate, less mathematical and less able to think and reason critically.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025
"I am a blue badge holder and I have to pay because I am not computer literate," he says, arguing that "you have to jump through hoops to get this discount".
From BBC • Aug. 23, 2025
"It's plain from looking at the letters that whoever made the die wasn't literate, the letters don't bear much resemblance to Latin - they're garbage really," he explained.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2025
The Party claimed, for example, that today forty per cent of adult proles were literate; before the Revolution, it was said, the number had only been fifteen per cent.
From "1984" by George Orwell
Vocabulary lists containing literate
March: Book Two
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American Street
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"Shelter" by Harlan Coben, Chapters 1–6
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