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
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.
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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
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
Today, few Americans—even few historians—could describe the ins and outs of the case, but in the forties almost any literate American could have told the tale.
—Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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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
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
Today, few Americans—even few historians—could describe the ins and outs of the case, but in the forties almost any literate American could have told the tale.
—Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for literate
Adjective
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These researchers organized forecasting tournaments and recruited dozens of non-category experts to make educated guesses about where specific events would lead.—
Robert B. Tucker,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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The girls were already much more educated and evolved than the boys.—
Laura Snapes,
Pitchfork,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The task has traditionally fallen to curators, who maintain their scholarly independence and grapple with the complexities of mounting shows.—
Zachary Small,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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But factory-style scholarly productivity was never the essence of the humanities.—
D. Graham Burnett,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Blending Islamic and secular visions for the new nation, the five pillars are a belief in God, civilized humanity, national unity, democracy, and social justice for all.—
Lindsey McGinnis,
Christian Science Monitor,
1 May 2025
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Far removed from and entirely without protection of the courts of civilized life, these fortune-seekers made laws to meet their varying emergencies.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Literate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/literate. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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