as in to disenfranchise
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Recent Examples of disempower
Alongside selectively prioritizing people in your life, equally important is steering clear of people who consistently disempower, disrespect, or discredit you.
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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
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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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
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
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An August election date may disenfranchise voters overseas who will not receive ballots in time or voters who need to vote early or by absentee ballot, Smith said.—
Madeline King,
Kansas City Star,
18 July 2025
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The platform is also notorious for quietly disenfranchising artists, by letting people rip off their original work to feed those Frankensteins.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
18 July 2025
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The fencing group updated its gender eligibility policy last week after facing months of criticism for disqualifying a female athlete who refused to compete against a biological male.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
25 July 2025
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The legal rationale was that a Bar investigation could lead to suspension or disbarment, which would automatically disqualify them from office, a discipline reserved to the Legislature, governor and Judicial Qualifications Commission.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
25 July 2025
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In addition, turning your iPhone on and off again can disrupt the malware, temporarily disabling it.—
Kate O'Flaherty,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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When the vehicle became disabled, bystanders in the crowd dragged the driver outside the car and began to physically assault him, according to police.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
22 July 2025
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“Disempower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disempower. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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