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Noun
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By the time the Supreme Court reopened those schools in 1964, the county’s 3% illiteracy rate for Black residents ages 5 to 22 had risen to 22%.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025 -
By the time that my mother and Alina’s were born, female illiteracy, the norm in imperial Russia, had been all but eliminated.—
Julia Ioffe,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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During which Helm suffered loneliness, inconsequence and ignorance – an original and terrible fugue state.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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While potentially shakier data may cause volatility in markets later this week, for now ignorance appears to be bliss.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Illiterateness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illiterateness. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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