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Noun
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Intersectionality proposes that societal problems such as crime and illiteracy correct themselves if opportunities and environments are evened out via public policy.—
John Scott Lewinski,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025 -
But digital illiteracy still constrains African banks’ ability to serve their customers, according to nearly 8 in 10 respondents, made up of 203 senior banking executives from 40 African countries.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Knowledge-wise, science may be advancing, but, politically, its powers of persuasion are in retreat, in a moment defined, in many ways, by ignorance and narrow-minded grievance.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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The best romance fiction has the ability to fundamentally change the genre at its core, offering happy endings where only ignorance has existed.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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