as in literate
having or displaying advanced knowledge or education
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Recent Examples of well-read
He also was known as a well-read, hardworking and sometimes hard-nosed politician involved in immigration, veterans affairs and environmental issues.
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Mead Gruver, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2025
He also was known as a well-read, hardworking and sometimes hard-nosed politician involved in immigration, veterans’ affairs and environmental issues.
—Mead Gruver, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
He also was known as a well-read, hardworking and sometimes hard-nosed politician involved in immigration, veterans' affairs and environmental issues.
—CBS News, 14 Mar. 2025
The well-read, kindly father Sharif (played by the great Palestinian actor Adam Bakri) enjoys tending to his orange groves and teaching his young son Salim (Salah Aldeen Mai) to appreciate poetry.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2025
At the top of the year, bookshelf wealth emerged as the definitive trend of 2024, igniting online discourse about the optics of seeming well-read based on the intentionality of your curation.
—Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 13 Dec. 2024
She’s always been so unbelievably well-read and politically savvy with the most hilarious sense of humor.
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024
Well-loved and well-read copies of the book populate in countless children’s bedrooms.
—Amy Amatangelo, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
The Record, despite complaints from locals, remains well-read, even as readership dwindles at papers across the country.
—Kevin Draper, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
Mead Gruver, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2025
He also was known as a well-read, hardworking and sometimes hard-nosed politician involved in immigration, veterans’ affairs and environmental issues.
—Mead Gruver, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
He also was known as a well-read, hardworking and sometimes hard-nosed politician involved in immigration, veterans' affairs and environmental issues.
—CBS News, 14 Mar. 2025
The well-read, kindly father Sharif (played by the great Palestinian actor Adam Bakri) enjoys tending to his orange groves and teaching his young son Salim (Salah Aldeen Mai) to appreciate poetry.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2025
At the top of the year, bookshelf wealth emerged as the definitive trend of 2024, igniting online discourse about the optics of seeming well-read based on the intentionality of your curation.
—Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 13 Dec. 2024
She’s always been so unbelievably well-read and politically savvy with the most hilarious sense of humor.
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024
Well-loved and well-read copies of the book populate in countless children’s bedrooms.
—Amy Amatangelo, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
The Record, despite complaints from locals, remains well-read, even as readership dwindles at papers across the country.
—Kevin Draper, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for well-read
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But, because a musician no longer had to be literate to gain worldwide acclaim, the technology had the collateral effect of sidelining musical literacy.—
Matthew Aucoin,
The Atlantic,
15 Apr. 2025
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Studies show that financial trauma can lead to avoidance behaviors, chronic underinvestment, and hesitancy in wealth-building strategies, even among financially literate women.—
Alejandra Rojas,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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These researchers organized forecasting tournaments and recruited dozens of non-category experts to make educated guesses about where specific events would lead.—
Robert B. Tucker,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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The girls were already much more educated and evolved than the boys.—
Laura Snapes,
Pitchfork,
8 Apr. 2025
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Pedagogies Asking Scholarly Questions with JSTOR Daily Help students develop analytic and scholarly questioning skills using a quick activity built on JSTOR Daily roundups and syllabi.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Apr. 2025
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Here are four ways that scholars can broaden the impact of scholarly research at this particularly moment in time.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Well-read.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/well-read. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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