disempower

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for disempower
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disempower
Verb
  • The plaintiffs’ claimed that the map violates the First Amendment by disenfranchising some voters and treating them unequally due to their race and viewpoint.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Rupert Murdoch previously sought to change the terms of the family trust to disenfranchise Lachlan’s oldest siblings and give him control.
    Solcyré Burga, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To Cuomo, Mamdani is a young man in a hurry whose lack of experience should disqualify him from leading America's largest city.
    Christian Orozco, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The fact that an artist has different political views from the president shouldn’t disqualify them from performing at the Super Bowl.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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.
    Walden Green, Pitchfork, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Given the biological similarities between humans and naked mole-rats, the scientists believe so, equipping us with the ability to protect our genome from damage, disabling our cGAS from inhibiting the repair process.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2025

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“Disempower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disempower. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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