literate

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But he also recognises security and privacy issues and the dangers that those "who are not digitally literate can easily be scammed".

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Mr. Greenberg, who won a Tony for “Take Me Out,” was among the smartest and most literate playwrights of his generation, certainly wise enough to understand the sturdy strength of Barry’s structure and plotting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

They want to graduate functionally literate young people, not hand kids a diploma that says they showed up for class for 12 years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

They say the people of Keeladi were literate, highly-skilled and engaged in trade across the subcontinent and abroad.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2025

Their literature, though it exists in written form, is a live oral tradition, and they are all in this sense literate.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin