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
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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
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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
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Across an 88-page affidavit, Bederow makes numerous allegations regarding the prosecution of his client in support of motions to have the indictments dismissed and to disqualify special Assistant District Attorney Kenneth Mello from the case.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
18 Sep. 2025
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The attorney said Hernandez has no criminal record that would disqualify him from the program.—
Armando Garcia,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
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Austin Mock,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Common Sense Media wants companies to disable chatbots from having mental health conversations with teens.—
Sonia Mankame,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Disempower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disempower. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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