How to Use literacy in a Sentence

literacy

noun

• Their goal is to achieve basic literacy.
• The program is intended to promote adult literacy among people who have had very little schooling.
• The school literacy coach happens to be in my classroom.
  — Nick Fuller Googins, Men's Health, 5 Apr. 2023
• As the alarm sounds on what could be a burgeoning literacy crisis, Newsweek spoke to the experts to find out more.
  — Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
• And financial literacy has been a big part of that too.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 10 Aug. 2021
• This is a good starter kit for literacy skills, and many more are available, including ones for kids up to age 10.
  — Jessica Hartshorn, Good Housekeeping, 21 Oct. 2022
• But that assumes a sort of literacy with Facebook’s design that most people won’t have out of the gate.
  — Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2021
• The Aspire tests are given in grades three through 10 in literacy, math and science.
  — Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2021
• There’s no question that Dolly’s work for literacy and science has done a lot of good.
  — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 20 Nov. 2021
• The board now plans to hold a work session on early literacy in 2023, according to Kolb.
  — Mandy McLaren, The Courier-Journal, 12 Dec. 2022
• This set a new world record for the most users to take an online financial literacy lesson in 24 hours.
  — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Jan. 2025
• Concern for the downtrodden, welcome of the stranger, universal literacy, the weekend and much else get their start in the Torah.
  — Lou Weiss, WSJ, 14 Apr. 2022
• Civic engagement is the heart and soul of The Times’ literacy and literary programs.
  — Donna Wares, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2022
• At 41%, Burkina Faso has one of the lowest levels of literacy in the world.
  — Ernie Suggs, ajc, 26 Aug. 2021
• The other three goals address literacy and math scores.
  — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2024
• Camilla, who has used her royal role to promote literacy, launched her book club in late 2020.
  — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 7 Jan. 2022
• According to DeLisa, the idea for the park was born out of poor literacy and a need for family entertainment in the region.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 1 July 2021
• For decades, Karakul has been a leading voice for literacy in the community.
  — cleveland, 11 Mar. 2022
• Over the years, there has been enormous progress in improving Afghanistan's literacy rates for women.
  — Valentina Di Donato, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
• When the Taliban took back control of the government in 2021, Durrani knew that arming girls with even the most basic literacy could put her own life at risk.
  — Hannah Fish, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Feb. 2024
• The Kansas City Royals are adding to their children’s literacy program by getting the fans involved at every home game for the rest of the 2025 season.
  — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025
• The lowest rating the district got was a three-star rating in early literacy.
  — Alyssa Alfano, cleveland, 17 Oct. 2022
• Indian women between the ages of 15 and 49 still lag men in literacy.
  — Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 26 Nov. 2021
• Volunteers can help their adult neighbors along the South Shore achieve and improve their literacy.
  — Katie Mogg, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2022
• The iPhone, at nearly two decades old, may not be the hottest tech anymore, but has any invention since the printing press done more to encourage literacy?
  — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 Dec. 2023
• The big picture: The city deployed reading tutors at 10 schools last year in an effort to boost flagging literacy rates.
  — Arika Herron, Axios, 18 Sep. 2024
• Your child doesn’t need a fancy game with cartoon characters to be taught math or literacy.
  — Anthony Kinnett, National Review, 29 Oct. 2022
• Residents reading below the eighth grade level can be paid $10 per hour for up to 20 hours a week to improve their literacy skills.
  — Detroit Free Press, 31 Jan. 2023
• America needs a big push for health care literacy, but the likelihood of that happening is close to nil.
  — Tammy Hawes, Forbes, 22 June 2022
• My father, for all his altruism and cultural literacy, never moved away from his home town.
  — Michael Thomas, New Yorker, 19 July 2025