as in to disqualify
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Recent Examples of disenfranchise
The federal role is to expand access to voting and protect its integrity—not to impose restrictive or burdensome requirements that disenfranchise eligible voters.
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Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
Their suit asserts that the suspension of the primaries would disenfranchise voters.
—Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Doing so will disenfranchise small mom-and-pop property owners who depend on rental properties for their retirement and to make ends meet.
—City News Service, Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026
Elections experts say the bill would disenfranchise voters without ready access to those documents and married women whose documents reflect their names given at birth.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026
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Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
Their suit asserts that the suspension of the primaries would disenfranchise voters.
—Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Doing so will disenfranchise small mom-and-pop property owners who depend on rental properties for their retirement and to make ends meet.
—City News Service, Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026
Elections experts say the bill would disenfranchise voters without ready access to those documents and married women whose documents reflect their names given at birth.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for disenfranchise
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disenfranchise
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Authorities noted that Joyce is a felon with a criminal history that includes state convictions for drug, larceny and burglary charges, which disqualify him from having guns or ammunition.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2026
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Ohm acknowledged that a bid to disqualify the entire Justice Department would be unlikely.—
Michael Kunzelman,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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And that would be true even during a typical presidency, to say nothing of one that has systematically attacked the freedom of the press, sought to disempower the WHCA, and banished some of its members.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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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
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This will disable quick settings and block new Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connections.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
12 May 2026
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Only one goal, disabling Iran’s navy, has been achieved.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
11 May 2026
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“Disenfranchise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenfranchise. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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