How to Use digital divide in a Sentence

digital divide

noun
Definition of digital dividenext
  • The pandemic has underlined the problems of pretending that the digital divide is no longer any big deal.
    — Peter Greene, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Duncanville is one of many Texas school districts relying on band-aid solutions for the digital divide.
    — Emily Donaldson, Dallas News, 3 Feb. 2021
  • Having both would allow the state to pull more federal dollars to close the digital divide, according to the council.
    — Emily Donaldson, Dallas News, 3 Feb. 2021
  • Tanesha Grant is closing Harlem's digital divide for school children one computer at a time.
    — Vladimir Duthiers, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Along with the digital divide, other disparities emerged.
    — Jean Marbella, baltimoresun.com, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Some have also raised concerns that the digital divide could affect access to the vaccine as signups typically happen online.
    — Brian Fung, CNN, 26 Feb. 2021
  • The deep digital divide prevents students in remote areas from accessing math resources online.
    — Julia Brodsky, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2021
  • And also the topic that the pandemic has brought to light is the digital divide, and the ways kids are having trouble connecting in communities of need.
    — Barry Wilner, Star Tribune, 30 Jan. 2021
  • Older adults, particularly at lower income levels, are most impacted by the digital divide.
    — Paul Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 19 Feb. 2021
  • What does the future hold for Net Neutrality, the digital divide, and Section 230?
    — Popular Science, 22 Jan. 2021
  • The scene underscored the width of the state's digital divide.
    — Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The city of San Diego has taken some steps to address the digital divide.
    — Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2021
  • And so the digital divide, which some say has become a chasm, remains.
    — Craig Gilbert, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2021
  • The space will help bridge the digital divide that prevails in Kearns, said Trish Hull, manager of the Kearns branch.
    — Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Can streetlights help end the digital divide in cities?
    — Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Zoom or FaceTime just wasn’t going to cut it in this part of town, where the digital divide is more pronounced.
    — Laura Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Mar. 2021
  • But the data problems are just the first in a series of thorny challenges in closing the digital divide.
    — Brian Fung, CNN, 9 June 2021
  • But that’s about to change as the digital divide vanishes.
    — Forrester, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
  • At the same time, private industry also has a role to fill in bridging the digital divide, said Ford.
    — Fortune, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Two of the focal points of Inspire Change, social justice and the digital divide, are still evolving.
    — Barry Wilner, ajc, 29 Mar. 2022
  • The digital divide is the gap between people and access to computers, internet and the skills to use them.
    — AZCentral.com, 16 Apr. 2023
  • But the digital divide has proved narrower than feared, largely thanks to the prevalence of smartphones.
    — Eric Scigliano, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2021
  • What happens when the digital divide becomes an AI chasm?
    — IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Determined to find a solution to the digital divide, the team at Phoenix College was the driving force behind this project.
    — Olivia McCann, The Arizona Republic, 11 Jan. 2022
  • The gaps could be attributed to the digital divide: certain groups are less likely to have the technology or know how to use it, the authors say.
    — Mohana Ravindranath, STAT, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The City of Orlando is working to bridge the digital divide and get internet access to people who do not have it.
    — Sydney Cameron, FOX 35 Orlando, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The digital divide is only one of many factors driving a shift in who is having children.
    — Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2021
  • The result for these Americans aged 65 and older due to this digital divide?
    — Byrichard Eisenberg, Fortune Well, 2 June 2023
  • Closing the digital divide has long plagued policymakers who have strived to connect more Americans to this vital service.
    — Christian Arana, The Mercury News, 1 June 2024
  • Previous federal efforts to close the digital divide long focused on making high-speed internet available in all areas, without much thought given to whether people could afford it, Rosenworcel noted.
    — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 31 May 2024

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