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Recent Examples of illiteracy What does McMahon see as the root causes of such illiteracy? Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 Stubborn circumstances Chronically absent students are at higher risk of illiteracy and eventually dropping out. Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024 His administration was also very successful in that under his term consumer prices only rose at just .4%, the nation’s wealth increased by 17.5%, the national debt was cut in half, unemployment stood at 3.6% and illiteracy fell by almost 50%. Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024 Trafficking can impoverish the families of its victims, compounding illiteracy and poor health and nutrition and perpetuating poverty across generations. Jamille Bigio, Foreign Affairs, 8 June 2021 See all Example Sentences for illiteracy 

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“Illiteracy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illiteracy. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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