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Recent Examples of numerate Meanwhile, California’s Democratic officials recently approved new math standards that would end advanced math in elementary and middle school and Oregon’s have abolished the requirement that high school graduates be literate and numerate. Frederick M. Hess and Michael McShane, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
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  • The bill lists several topics teachers could discuss, including the religious background of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (which included Protestants and Deists), President George Washington's farewell address and the biblical Ten Commandments' influence on American law.
    Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Like some of the liberties listed below.
    JR Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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  • Jews have been reciting this prayer – for the release of captives – for almost a thousand years.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • This music, rooted in the experiences of fishermen and people who recite lyrics on the banks of the Magdalena River, was not initially accepted by the middle and upper classes of that time.
    Karla Gachet, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
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  • McMurtry—the rare book fancier—did not inventory his collection for his successors.
    John Burnett, NPR, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Reviewing the location of important documents, inventorying assets, and updating charitable pledges or other commitments may be necessary to avoid complications during estate administration.
    Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • The act requires virtual currency kiosk operators to register with the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, provide reports detailing all kiosk locations, and provide full refunds to new customers who are victims of scams at kiosks.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Around that time, a front-page story in The New York Times detailed how Dundon and others had amassed wealth by packaging risky auto loans made to low-income people and selling those loans as securities for hundreds of millions of dollars.
    Tony Schick, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Numerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/numerate. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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