as in to disqualify
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Recent Examples of disenfranchise
Proponents of the measure charged that Newsom was simply attempting to disenfranchise the voters.
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K. Lloyd Billingsley, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 2024
Not only does state law require polling sites in every precinct to open at 6 a.m., but the party argues that the 15-30 minute delay disenfranchised some voters who had to abandon the line for various reasons, such as needing to get to work.
—Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Nov. 2024
The Trump campaign on Wednesday sued in Bucks County, just outside of Philadelphia, to extend in-person voting amid concerns about long lines and allegations that some voters were being disenfranchised.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
Miller-Lerman disagreed in a scathing retort, saying that to find the laws unconstitutional could disenfranchise 59,000 Nebraska residents who have been eligible to vote since the 2005 law passed and that such a finding would consolidate power in the executive branch.
—L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
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K. Lloyd Billingsley, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 2024
Not only does state law require polling sites in every precinct to open at 6 a.m., but the party argues that the 15-30 minute delay disenfranchised some voters who had to abandon the line for various reasons, such as needing to get to work.
—Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Nov. 2024
The Trump campaign on Wednesday sued in Bucks County, just outside of Philadelphia, to extend in-person voting amid concerns about long lines and allegations that some voters were being disenfranchised.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
Miller-Lerman disagreed in a scathing retort, saying that to find the laws unconstitutional could disenfranchise 59,000 Nebraska residents who have been eligible to vote since the 2005 law passed and that such a finding would consolidate power in the executive branch.
—L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disenfranchise
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Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee declined to disqualify Willis if the prosecutor resigned, but the case has been paused as Trump and his co-defendants appeal the decision.Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2024
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In Georgia, where Trump is accused of attempting to subvert the state’s election results, the Dec. 5 oral arguments in Trump’s appeal to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) were canceled without explanation.Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 20 Nov. 2024
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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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The term has been popularized by an influential faction within the AI field who are concerned that trying to build machines as smart as humans might disempower or destroy humanity.Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
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Along with claiming the lives of 1.2 million Americans, the COVID pandemic has been described as a mass disabling event.Sarah Boden, NPR, 25 Nov. 2024
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Over the summer Haley’s Light partnered with CFX to provide drivers disabled on the shoulder those magnetic lights for free.Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Disenfranchise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenfranchise. Accessed 9 Dec. 2024.
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