literate

Example Sentences

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But his achievement survived the flames: an English-speaking world thoroughly literate in the life and teachings of Jesus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

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

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

"It's plain from looking at the letters that whoever made the die wasn't literate, the letters don't bear much resemblance to Latin - they're garbage really," he explained.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2025

White English colonists did not create a literate, food-producing, industrial democracy in Australia.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond