How to Use digital divide in a Sentence

digital divide

noun
  • How have schools in your area worked to bridge the digital divide?
    Brian L. Frank For The Wall Street Journal, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2020
  • The scene underscored the width of the state's digital divide.
    Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The city of San Diego has taken some steps to address the digital divide.
    Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2021
  • There is a long way to go before the digital divide is fully closed.
    Brian L. Frank For The Wall Street Journal, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2020
  • And so the digital divide, which some say has become a chasm, remains.
    Craig Gilbert, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2021
  • The space will help bridge the digital divide that prevails in Kearns, said Trish Hull, manager of the Kearns branch.
    Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Can streetlights help end the digital divide in cities?
    Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Zoom or FaceTime just wasn’t going to cut it in this part of town, where the digital divide is more pronounced.
    Laura Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Mar. 2021
  • But the data problems are just the first in a series of thorny challenges in closing the digital divide.
    Brian Fung, CNN, 9 June 2021
  • President Bill Clinton, for instance, spoke of the need to close the digital divide in his 2000 State of the Union address.
    D. Antonio Cantù, Quartz, 27 Oct. 2020
  • The issues caused by the digital divide are more evident than ever in the Covid-19 era.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN, 8 Dec. 2020
  • It’s not just Point Hope that is seeing the effects of the digital divide on students’ college plans.
    Kelly Field, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2020
  • But that’s about to change as the digital divide vanishes.
    Forrester, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
  • This year, the gulf between students on either side of the digital divide could widen further.
    Pia Ceres, Wired, 7 Aug. 2020
  • At the same time, private industry also has a role to fill in bridging the digital divide, said Ford.
    Fortune, 12 Oct. 2021
  • The investment was an attempt to bridge the digital divide in Dallas, which ranks among the worst connected for U.S. cities of its size.
    Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Two of the focal points of Inspire Change, social justice and the digital divide, are still evolving.
    Barry Wilner, ajc, 29 Mar. 2022
  • The digital divide hasn’t gone away, despite much money spent and many speeches made.
    WSJ, 25 Oct. 2020
  • The digital divide is the gap between people and access to computers, internet and the skills to use them.
    AZCentral.com, 16 Apr. 2023
  • School districts and cities across the country are racing to bridge a digital divide that has existed for decades.
    Brian L. Frank For The Wall Street Journal, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2020
  • But the digital divide has proved narrower than feared, largely thanks to the prevalence of smartphones.
    Eric Scigliano, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2021
  • What happens when the digital divide becomes an AI chasm?
    IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Determined to find a solution to the digital divide, the team at Phoenix College was the driving force behind this project.
    Olivia McCann, The Arizona Republic, 11 Jan. 2022
  • The gaps could be attributed to the digital divide: certain groups are less likely to have the technology or know how to use it, the authors say.
    Mohana Ravindranath, STAT, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The City of Orlando is working to bridge the digital divide and get internet access to people who do not have it.
    Sydney Cameron, FOX 35 Orlando, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The digital divide is only one of many factors driving a shift in who is having children.
    Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2021
  • The result for these Americans aged 65 and older due to this digital divide?
    Byrichard Eisenberg, Fortune Well, 2 June 2023
  • The city of Dallas is offering free internet access across the city in an effort to bridge the digital divide.
    Destine Gibson, Dallas News, 24 June 2021
  • The digital divide is not just a problem in the technological sphere.
    Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2023
  • As the city’s leading broadband provider, Comcast is committed to helping Baltimore reach the goal of closing the digital divide once and for all.
    Broderick Johnson, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2024

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