as in to disqualify
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Recent Examples of disenfranchise
Ah, yes, partisan gerrymandering, where Democrats carve up the map of congressional districts to disenfranchise Republicans and violate the will of the voters.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
4 June 2026
Some are inexperienced, others are too young, and then there are those who were disenfranchised such as the formerly incarcerated.
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Marianne Love,
Daily News,
4 June 2026
In the 1890s, at the height of the Gilded Age, Southern states rewrote their constitutions to disenfranchise poor whites and Black citizens alike, specifically to crush the rising Populist movement.
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Sarita Gupta,
Time,
2 June 2026
Cassidy - who lobbied Democrats to change their party affiliation ahead of the primary vote - said the rule change was disenfranchising voters.
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Eric McDaniel,
NPR,
30 May 2026
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New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
4 June 2026
Some are inexperienced, others are too young, and then there are those who were disenfranchised such as the formerly incarcerated.
—
Marianne Love,
Daily News,
4 June 2026
In the 1890s, at the height of the Gilded Age, Southern states rewrote their constitutions to disenfranchise poor whites and Black citizens alike, specifically to crush the rising Populist movement.
—
Sarita Gupta,
Time,
2 June 2026
Cassidy - who lobbied Democrats to change their party affiliation ahead of the primary vote - said the rule change was disenfranchising voters.
—
Eric McDaniel,
NPR,
30 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disenfranchise
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The law will require annual background checks for ride-share drivers and expand the list of offenses that disqualify someone from the job.
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Things like trying to disqualify the entire Utah County Attorney's Office, trying to get some of the evidence suppressed, trying to get a contempt order because the prosecutors violated the court's gag order.
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Eliminating that district to disempower those voters was, apparently, not.
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Engage or assist in an attempt to kill or disempower the vast majority of humanity or the human species as a whole.
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On June 12, the administration invoked export-control authority to bar foreign-national access to both models (including Anthropic’s own non-citizen staff), which forced the company to disable them worldwide.
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One of its eyes was disabled, and its wiring was exposed; an employee was kicking it repeatedly.
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“Disenfranchise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenfranchise. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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