as in educated
having or displaying advanced knowledge or education
the columnist's witty and literate comments on current events make her a popular guest on political talk shows
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Recent Examples of literate
But, because a musician no longer had to be literate to gain worldwide acclaim, the technology had the collateral effect of sidelining musical literacy.
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Matthew Aucoin, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
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
The Gospel authors, far from being community leaders preserving oral sayings for largely illiterate followers, were highly literate members of a small, erudite upper crust, distant in experience, attitude, and geography from any Galilean peasant preachers.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Cultivating a data-literate workforce is key to sustaining a future-proof data strategy.
—Gowtham Chilakapati, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Matthew Aucoin, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
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
The Gospel authors, far from being community leaders preserving oral sayings for largely illiterate followers, were highly literate members of a small, erudite upper crust, distant in experience, attitude, and geography from any Galilean peasant preachers.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Cultivating a data-literate workforce is key to sustaining a future-proof data strategy.
—Gowtham Chilakapati, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for literate
Adjective
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This city boasts an educated workforce; 50% of San José residents have a college degree or higher 1 in 3 San José residents have a bachelor’s degree or higher.—
Rohit Arora,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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How did becoming more educated and changing your social milieu affect your relationships with people?—
David Marchese,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
Adjective
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There have been TikTok videos, Reddit threads and scholarly essays, all dedicated to how that one scene traumatized us all.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
16 May 2025
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Graham Coop, the director of the university’s Center for Population Biology, was among nearly 250 new members announced last month by the academy, one of the nation’s oldest scholarly societies.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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Two highly modern, eminently civilized nations were plunged into chaos.—
Kelly McKinney,
Chicago Tribune,
12 May 2025
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International good faith, a sister of democracy, springs from the will of civilized nations of men to respect the rights and liberties of other nations of men.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Literate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/literate. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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