as in to disenfranchise
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Recent Examples of disempower
Eliminating that district to disempower those voters was, apparently, not.
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Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
19 May 2026
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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Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2026
The United States should use its economic weapons not only to disempower the junta but also to support its replacement.
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Dan Swift,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Sep. 2025
In other words, real care is not supposed to disempower.
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Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for disempower
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
19 May 2026
Engage or assist in an attempt to kill or disempower the vast majority of humanity or the human species as a whole.
—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2026
The United States should use its economic weapons not only to disempower the junta but also to support its replacement.
—
Dan Swift,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Sep. 2025
In other words, real care is not supposed to disempower.
—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for disempower
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disempower
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There is significant opportunity for improvement in this arena, and the system simply cannot effort to further disenfranchise physicians who already have too much administrative burden.
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Voting rights advocates have expressed concern that the bill would potentially disenfranchise millions of voters.
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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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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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“Disempower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disempower. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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