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
Kimberly Guerin, superintendent of Madison Elementary, said the district has been working to improve early childhood literacy and chronic absenteeism across the district.
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Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 5 Nov. 2025
For example, Anthropic is providing access to its AI fluency course while OpenAI is opening up its literacy courses from its academy.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2025
Purchases help fund its mission to promote literacy among Louisville children by distributing books to families and providing a free community library at its shop on Bardstown Road in the Highlands.
—Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
Noah McCormack on literacy and class.
—Literary Hub, 1 Nov. 2025
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Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 5 Nov. 2025
For example, Anthropic is providing access to its AI fluency course while OpenAI is opening up its literacy courses from its academy.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2025
Purchases help fund its mission to promote literacy among Louisville children by distributing books to families and providing a free community library at its shop on Bardstown Road in the Highlands.
—Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
Noah McCormack on literacy and class.
—Literary Hub, 1 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for literacy
Noun
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Many young consumers, already juggling high costs for food, rent, and education, and crushed by an unsympathetic labor market, are entering adulthood with the self-care budget of a socialite twice their age.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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The food hub's work now focuses more on education.—
Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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Libraries and archives hold so much knowledge within their sacred confines.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Seven Castain’s knowledge of ‘Seinfeld’ Castain was born in 2004, and her familiarity with a TV show is limited since Seinfeld signed off in ‘98.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Nov. 2025
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His learnings from working with the mass retailer have played into this ethos of designing great wardrobing for the luxury woman, which has played into the designer’s global expansion.—
Emily Mercer,
Footwear News,
5 Nov. 2025
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Using deep reinforcement learning The new system uses deep reinforcement learning (DRL) to guide a robot, much like human hand-eye coordination.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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Irvin, 6-1 and 175 pounds, chose the Razorbacks over scholarship offers from Kansas State, Purdue, South Florida, Minnesota, UNLV and others in June.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 Nov. 2025
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His journey began with a collegiate scholarship, followed by professional playing stints across America and Europe.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Literacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/literacy. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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