enfranchised 1 of 2

past tense of enfranchise

enfranchised

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for enfranchised
Verb
  • But she’s also been freed in a way.
    Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The Kremlin on Thursday freed Ksenia Karelina, a Russian-American ballerina sentenced to 12 years in prison for donating to a Ukrainian charity, in exchange for a man accused of funneling military-grade electronics from the United States to Russia’s armed forces.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The changes in Pao’s body are a vital and empowered metaphor for this process, which is so often portrayed merely as decline.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 29 July 2025
  • Openness during the salary negotiate process hints at an empowered and adaptable workplace where individual needs are taken seriously.
    Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Adjective
  • Walker, who was governor from 2011 to 2019 when Democratic Gov. Tony Evers defeated his bid for a third term, has made a series of posts on X signaling interest in a potential new bid for the governor.
    Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 26 July 2025
  • Most people in the racially diverse, heavily Democratic state capital of Tallahassee now have a white congressman living 100 miles away in Panama City.
    Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2025
Verb
  • Adidas made $437 million from the first batch of its Yeezy shoes released after severing ties with West, some of which benefited organizations including the Anti-Defamation League and a non-profit founded by George Floyd’s brother.
    Conor Murray, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Judging by the nearly 45 minutes of trailers and assorted promotional material that have been released to date, Kojima is doubling down on everything that made the original such a brilliant, odd classic.
    Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Those phrases, used among student protestors to voice support for a liberated Palestinian people, were viewed by some in the Jewish community as manifestations of hate.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Similar themes crop up in the opera: Four female astronauts board a spaceship in hope of preserving the human race on a new planet, only for their mission to be privatized halfway through the journey by a venture capitalist, their liberated lives suddenly jeopardized.
    Hugh Morris, New York Times, 25 July 2025
Verb
  • In November 2022, a 28-year-old man who fell overboard from a Carnival Valor cruise ship was rescued off of Louisiana's southeast coast after treading water for nearly 20 hours.
    Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 27 Dec. 2024
  • In-ho shot Jun-ho, who fell off a cliff but survived and was rescued by a fisherman.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Enfranchised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enfranchised. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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