literacy
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A growing crop of teens is proving financial literacy can be cool.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Leo has emphasised the need for "digital literacy... to understand how algorithms shape our perception of reality."
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
The entire performance depends on presenting basic historical literacy as forbidden knowledge.
From Salon • May 20, 2026
Among them, a worn “Army of Alphabetizers” badge from Cuba’s 1961 literacy campaign, its lettering nearly faded.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
In Selma, black war veterans joined the all-black Dallas County Voters League, which introduced a literacy program and urged blacks to register as voters.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
Vocabulary lists containing literacy
Power Suffix: -acy
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