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
Business leaders must shift their focus from simply acquiring AI tools to strategically embedding them within human-centric processes, ensuring that twice literate humans are in the loop, empowered and indispensable.
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Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Indeed, during this period, the very notion of Palestinian Arab nationalism was nascent and, as the historian Yehoshua Porath has pointed out, largely confined to a small minority of literate Arab Christians.
—Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025
Benton also directed and co-wrote with Newman the literate thriller Still of the Night (1982), starring Roy Scheider, Streep and Jessica Tandy.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
For our enslaved ancestors who risked being whipped or sold for knowing how to read or write, simply being literate was a subversive act of rebellion and militant self-expression.
—A'lelia Bundles
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
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Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Indeed, during this period, the very notion of Palestinian Arab nationalism was nascent and, as the historian Yehoshua Porath has pointed out, largely confined to a small minority of literate Arab Christians.
—Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025
Benton also directed and co-wrote with Newman the literate thriller Still of the Night (1982), starring Roy Scheider, Streep and Jessica Tandy.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
For our enslaved ancestors who risked being whipped or sold for knowing how to read or write, simply being literate was a subversive act of rebellion and militant self-expression.
—A'lelia Bundles
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for literate
Adjective
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It feels tied to the intimidation she’s felt in previous seasons while working alongside younger, more educated, faster chefs.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
28 June 2025
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The report also notes that people who are more educated and economically successful, as well as those who show better success at integration, tend to be the ones more likely to be considering moving on.—
Frey Lindsay,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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This family journey deeply shaped Fisher’s lifelong scholarly drive to chronicle the struggles and the triumphs of Black communities in the American West.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
14 July 2025
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Yet this has not discouraged a number of notable attempts to coerce emoji into the shape of a language, scholarly consensus be damned.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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This is far, far beneath the dignity of a civilized society.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
12 July 2025
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Honoring and showing gratitude to those who step up to help others regardless of their origins is one sign of a civilized society that recognizes the worth of all human beings.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
10 July 2025
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“Literate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/literate. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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