literate
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Fighting back by being financially literate means a steady message of pay yourself first, live within your means and think about your future self.
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
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
Mr. Butler-Gallie, a parish priest in the Cotswolds in England and the author of “A Field Guide to the English Clergy,” is literate and entertaining.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
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
Still, writers will do themselves a favor, and increase the amount of pleasure in the world, if they use a word in the senses that are accepted by literate readers.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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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