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
A lot of people who claim to be AI literate merely produce “workslop”—generic, low-quality material.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025
They say the people of Keeladi were literate, highly-skilled and engaged in trade across the subcontinent and abroad.
From BBC • Aug. 23, 2025
"This was a literate, urban society where people had separate spaces for habitation, burial practices and industrial work," Mr Kumar says, noting it's the first large, well-defined ancient urban settlement found in southern India.
From BBC • Jul. 27, 2025
As a result, by 1880, when 76 percent of North Carolina’s white children could read and write, only 45 percent of black children were literate.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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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