as in to disqualify
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Recent Examples of disenfranchise
Many eligible citizens lack proof While many of Trump's orders reflect existing best practices among elections officials, voting-rights advocates say requiring proof of citizenship will disenfranchise millions of otherwise eligible voters.
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Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
Voting rights groups have expressed concerns that the requirement could disenfranchise people.
—Time, 26 Mar. 2025
The order has sparked backlash among critics who argue large numbers of voters will be disenfranchised.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2025
One of the conference’s speakers, Raphael Greenberg, has criticized Israel’s archaeological work in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, claiming that these projects are designed to disenfranchise the Palestinian people who reside there.
—Alex Greenberger For Artnews, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2025
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Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
Voting rights groups have expressed concerns that the requirement could disenfranchise people.
—Time, 26 Mar. 2025
The order has sparked backlash among critics who argue large numbers of voters will be disenfranchised.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2025
One of the conference’s speakers, Raphael Greenberg, has criticized Israel’s archaeological work in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, claiming that these projects are designed to disenfranchise the Palestinian people who reside there.
—Alex Greenberger For Artnews, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disenfranchise
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From the Los Angeles Times, the story of a high school track runner being disqualified at the state track championships for using a fire extinguisher.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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The organization’s network is so deeply embedded in the right-of-center legal ecosystem that disqualifying its members would leave few viable alternatives.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
5 June 2025
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The unequal distribution of unpaid work disempowers individual women, hurts economies, and will slow down the post-COVID-19 recovery.—
Melinda Gates,
Foreign Affairs,
15 July 2020
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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.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
27 Apr. 2025
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Her short centered on two estranged sisters, one of whom is cognitively disabled, who must learn to communicate after their mother’s death.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
5 June 2025
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Officers disabled the vehicle after a high-speed chase through Mountain Home and on I-84, the release said.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
4 June 2025
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“Disenfranchise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenfranchise. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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