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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

Her superb collection of essays gathers up relics of the old world—the literate one—to demonstrate that such treasures are worth preserving.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

They also reported practices restricting online bookings to mornings and said that less digitally literate people find the system hard to navigate.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

Before going off to war, my father had promised his mother that he’d finally become literate in Greek.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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