How to Use literacy in a Sentence

literacy

noun
  • Their goal is to achieve basic literacy.
  • The program is intended to promote adult literacy among people who have had very little schooling.
  • At first glance, literacy may not sound like healthcare work.
    — Carol Naughton, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • As with web literacy, that evidence will take a decade or more to emerge.
    — Justin Reich, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Many Blacks, due to poll taxes and literacy tests, could not vote.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 27 May 2021
  • Students in a literacy crisis cannot wait a year.
    — Daniel L Gordon, Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • It will be built on systems literacy.
    — Thomas Lim, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • But an age of AI would be much more like the revenge of literacy.
    — Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Financial literacy is a skill that can be learned.
    — Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Is this a literacy crisis, or has our attention just been warped?
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026
  • It's led some to call for schools to start teaching financial literacy.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Hand in hand with that was the rise of literacy and the universal common school movement.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
  • And in older grades, teachers often are not trained in literacy.
    — Sarah Mervosh, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Dec. 2022
  • If the reason for that is a lack of computer literacy, start taking some lessons.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Your child doesn’t need a fancy game with cartoon characters to be taught math or literacy.
    — Anthony Kinnett, National Review, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Gone, then, was the deeply regressive spirit of the literacy test.
    — Robert Polner, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
  • How important is early literacy to you as a mom?
    — Essence, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Critics warn that there is no one-size-fits-all solution to the literacy crisis.
    — Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 8 June 2026
  • Mostly these are a reminder that media literacy is at an all time low, and so is real-deal celeb-on-celeb mess.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026
  • There’s no question that Dolly’s work for literacy and science has done a lot of good.
    — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 20 Nov. 2021
  • Ong and Meyrowitz both point to this idea that literacy pulled us into ourselves.
    — Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Teaching kids about financial literacy can start at high school or even before.
    — Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Come for circle time, songs, an art activity, and a literacy take-home project.
    — Kevin Spencer, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The scribes replaced by movable type lost their livelihoods, but literacy spread to millions.
    — Zack Kass, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • This is a good starter kit for literacy skills, and many more are available, including ones for kids up to age 10.
    — Jessica Hartshorn, Good Housekeeping, 21 Oct. 2022
  • And in just a few years, the state will begin requiring a class on economic literacy.
    — Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
  • She was told to apply for the new career literacy position.
    — Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 15 Jan. 2026
  • For now, skepticism is the new literacy.
    — Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Roemmelt sees this as the next great corporate literacy.
    — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Life expectancy shot up, literacy shot up.
    — AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025

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