How to Use digital divide in a Sentence
digital divide
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The pandemic has underlined the problems of pretending that the digital divide is no longer any big deal.
—Peter Greene, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
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Duncanville is one of many Texas school districts relying on band-aid solutions for the digital divide.
—Emily Donaldson, Dallas News, 3 Feb. 2021
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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
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Tanesha Grant is closing Harlem's digital divide for school children one computer at a time.
—Vladimir Duthiers, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2021
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Along with the digital divide, other disparities emerged.
—Jean Marbella, baltimoresun.com, 4 Mar. 2021
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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
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The deep digital divide prevents students in remote areas from accessing math resources online.
—Julia Brodsky, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2021
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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
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Older adults, particularly at lower income levels, are most impacted by the digital divide.
—Paul Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 19 Feb. 2021
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What does the future hold for Net Neutrality, the digital divide, and Section 230?
—Popular Science, 22 Jan. 2021
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The scene underscored the width of the state's digital divide.
—Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2022
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The city of San Diego has taken some steps to address the digital divide.
—Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2021
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And so the digital divide, which some say has become a chasm, remains.
—Craig Gilbert, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2021
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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
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Can streetlights help end the digital divide in cities?
—Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2021
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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
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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
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But that’s about to change as the digital divide vanishes.
—Forrester, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
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At the same time, private industry also has a role to fill in bridging the digital divide, said Ford.
—Fortune, 12 Oct. 2021
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Two of the focal points of Inspire Change, social justice and the digital divide, are still evolving.
—Barry Wilner, ajc, 29 Mar. 2022
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The digital divide is the gap between people and access to computers, internet and the skills to use them.
—AZCentral.com, 16 Apr. 2023
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But the digital divide has proved narrower than feared, largely thanks to the prevalence of smartphones.
—Eric Scigliano, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2021
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What happens when the digital divide becomes an AI chasm?
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The result for these Americans aged 65 and older due to this digital divide?
—Byrichard Eisenberg, Fortune Well, 2 June 2023
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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
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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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