illiteracy

Example Sentences

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Is it laziness, illiteracy or the ultimate flex?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

She fears that the absence of this support, due to fear and lack of funds, could increase rates of illiteracy.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025

In a lesser-known history, the federal government helped bring public education to Southern white children, whose illiteracy rates prior to Reconstruction were five times as high as in the North.

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2025

Chronically absent students are at higher risk of illiteracy and eventually dropping out.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2024

But despite his illiteracy, or maybe because of it, Hassan was drawn to the mystery of words, seduced by a secret world forbidden to him.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini