literate

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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

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

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

"He realised more people were getting literate, which was then good for publicity," Dave said.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 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