as in to disenfranchise
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Recent Examples of disempower
There's a lot of talk in the AI safety world about the degree to which these systems are likely to do things like power-seeking, to be deceptive, to seek to disempower humans and escape their control.
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Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 Apr. 2025
Serena’s not going to convince him to disempower himself and endanger his family over the course of a few evening strolls.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
Alongside selectively prioritizing people in your life, equally important is steering clear of people who consistently disempower, disrespect, or discredit you.
—Joseph Liu, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Simone Browne has described its racial and racist dimensions, and Karen Levy and others have examined how digital monitoring can discipline and disempower workers.
—Ben Tarnoff, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2024
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Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 Apr. 2025
Serena’s not going to convince him to disempower himself and endanger his family over the course of a few evening strolls.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
Alongside selectively prioritizing people in your life, equally important is steering clear of people who consistently disempower, disrespect, or discredit you.
—Joseph Liu, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Simone Browne has described its racial and racist dimensions, and Karen Levy and others have examined how digital monitoring can discipline and disempower workers.
—Ben Tarnoff, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disempower
Verb
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Critics worry that the SAVE America Act would disenfranchise many millions of Americans who don't have easy access to such documents.—
Frank Langfitt,
NPR,
12 Mar. 2026
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Democrats have warned the bill could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The program would disqualify people convicted of violent felonies and domestic violence.—
Nick Penzenstadler,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Three partners in the private equity firm CCP Equity Partners have moved to disqualify Robinson and the state’s largest law firm Day Pitney, the latest development in a partnership dispute that has reached the state Supreme and Appellate courts repeatedly over the last 13 years.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2026
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Some of these technologies are essential for ensuring the proper functioning of the service or website and cannot be disabled, while others are optional but serve to enhance the user experience in various ways.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
10 Mar. 2026
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In the past three months, several Bay Area cities and municipalities have moved to terminate or disable their contracts with Flock Systems, one of the preeminent vendors of ALPR technology.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Disempower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disempower. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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