as in education
the understanding and information gained from being educated
he impressed everyone with his general literacy as well as his natural intelligence
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But some media literacy experts have argued that a neutral stance favors those who poison the public discourse.
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Brian Stelter, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
For all the literacy around Instagram Face, there isn’t commensurate seriousness applied to our culture of body modification, associated with women marked by their race, their class, their transness.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2024
Plus, accessing capital can be even more difficult for Black entrepreneurs because (on average) African-American people have less exposure to financial literacy and have less intergenerational wealth than white Americans.
—Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Google is the latest example of a major tech company pouring money into efforts aimed at increasing the American workforce’s AI literacy — at the same time these companies are developing their own AI tools.
—Cheyenne Devon, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
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Brian Stelter, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
For all the literacy around Instagram Face, there isn’t commensurate seriousness applied to our culture of body modification, associated with women marked by their race, their class, their transness.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2024
Plus, accessing capital can be even more difficult for Black entrepreneurs because (on average) African-American people have less exposure to financial literacy and have less intergenerational wealth than white Americans.
—Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Google is the latest example of a major tech company pouring money into efforts aimed at increasing the American workforce’s AI literacy — at the same time these companies are developing their own AI tools.
—Cheyenne Devon, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for literacy
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Shelly is poised to finish her long years of education by completing a two-year fellowship.Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2024
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Musk promised to find $2 trillion in savings, which could mean sharp cuts in domestic programs for education, health and housing; defense spending; and the Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid programs.Carl Leubsdorf, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Every bank review is based on rigorous reporting by our team of expert writers and editors with extensive knowledge of banking and lending products.Elizabeth Gravier, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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Armed with knowledge of Jamie's role in the murder of his biological father, Garrett Randall (Will Patton), Beth hinted at using this information to destroy her brother.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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But over the last decade and a half, the goal of learning has given way to proxies for learning: grades and degrees.Karin Klein, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Preventing the production of this protein prevented the recall of the memory of the learning experience in question.Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
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While attending Seattle University, Jones played in the college band and continued to study music, but completed just one semester before transferring to Boston’s Berklee College of Music on a scholarship.Jennifer Frederick, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
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He was gifted enough to win a scholarship at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, but dropped out when Hampton invited him to tour with his band.Jason Ma, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Literacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/literacy. Accessed 20 Nov. 2024.
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