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> Literacy rates have been increasing

uh

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/09/whats-driving...

https://literacybuffalo.org/2025/01/23/adult-literacy-rates-...

Both articles use 2017 as the turning point date. TTS is a lot older than that. It's not difficult to find data to fit the desired point if you choose a narrow enough time range. Or location selectivity - both of those are just about the United States.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cross-country-literacy-ra...

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