as in education
the understanding and information gained from being educated
he impressed everyone with his general literacy as well as his natural intelligence
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Recent Examples of literacy
According to Joseph Antoun, MD, PhD, there’s a clear trend among Gen Z toward earlier dining and shorter eating windows that’s being driven by two factors: health literacy and lifestyle shifts.
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Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 15 Aug. 2025
My father, for all of his altruism and cultural literacy, never moved away from his hometown.
—Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2025
The program provided high-dosage, or high-impact, literacy intervention to Fort Worth students and tracked their results.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Aug. 2025
In the 1800s, my great-great-grandfather, Charles Cohee Jr., championed land rights, education and financial literacy.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 15 Aug. 2025
My father, for all of his altruism and cultural literacy, never moved away from his hometown.
—Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2025
The program provided high-dosage, or high-impact, literacy intervention to Fort Worth students and tracked their results.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Aug. 2025
In the 1800s, my great-great-grandfather, Charles Cohee Jr., championed land rights, education and financial literacy.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for literacy
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During his time with the Idaho Freedom Caucus, the group opposed state funding for higher education and workforce training and supported education savings accounts, often referred to as school vouchers, which would let families use state grants for private education.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Aug. 2025
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On top of emergency calls, districts must keep up with a range of inspections, maintenance, trainings and public education, D’Ambrogi said.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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No one inside the Houston Astros clubhouse had more meticulous knowledge of Friday’s opponent than Urías, the 31-year-old middle infielder acquired 16 days ago from the Baltimore Orioles.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
16 Aug. 2025
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Test your knowledge with azcentral.com's news quiz for the week.—
DAILY BRIEFING,
AZCentral.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Recruiters are now screening for candidates who can translate between science and machine learning.—
Aaron Dhaliwal,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Cognitive outcomes included psychomotor function, attention, visual learning and memory, and working memory.5 Physical fatigue during exercise is the inability to maintain the necessary intensity or force for the exercise activity.—
Amy Brownstein,
Verywell Health,
7 Aug. 2025
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But to his credit, Anderson has also consulted the best scholarship on the revolution, including historians such as Ervand Abrahamian, Abbas Milani, Darioush Bayandor, and Ray Takeyh.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
5 Aug. 2025
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The foundation produces the annual event as a fundraiser for community project grants and scholarships.—
Karie Angell Luc,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Literacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/literacy. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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