as in to disqualify
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Recent Examples of disenfranchise
The move underscores the administration’s broader efforts to upend the DOJ's civil rights division’s traditions of pursuing cases to protect the civil rights of some of the country's most vulnerable and historically disenfranchised populations.
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 22 May 2025
The redrawn map positions Republicans to pick up five seats in Congress, and has been blasted by Democrats as a power grab by President Donald Trump that would disenfranchise voters.
—Eleanor Dearman
updated August 3, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Aug. 2025
Failure risks undermining American democracy and disenfranchising millions.
—Kathy Schmitz, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2025
Green, who is Black, said the GOP map would disenfranchise voters of color.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 1 Aug. 2025
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 22 May 2025
The redrawn map positions Republicans to pick up five seats in Congress, and has been blasted by Democrats as a power grab by President Donald Trump that would disenfranchise voters.
—Eleanor Dearman
updated August 3, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Aug. 2025
Failure risks undermining American democracy and disenfranchising millions.
—Kathy Schmitz, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2025
Green, who is Black, said the GOP map would disenfranchise voters of color.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disenfranchise
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Turner was disqualified and given a black card for her refusal to face the trans opponent, prompting mass backlash against USA Fencing.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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As well, new employees need to have at least a year of industrial experience, so kids coming out of high school likely are disqualified off the bat.—
Michelle L. Quinn,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Aug. 2025
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In other words, real care is not supposed to disempower.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 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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His lawyers had battled to have the device disabled before the execution, but the state Supreme Court ultimately ruled that that Tennessee Department of Correction could execute Black without having to perform the procedure.—
Kelly Puente,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Aug. 2025
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Some of these technologies are essential for ensuring the proper functioning of the service or website and cannot be disabled, while others are optional but serve to enhance the user experience in various ways.—
Matthew Strauss,
Pitchfork,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Disenfranchise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenfranchise. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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