enfranchising

present participle of enfranchise

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for enfranchising
Verb
  • The prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas began Monday, with Hamas releasing the final 20 living hostages in exchange for Israel freeing 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
    Morgan Phillips, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Israel responded by freeing over 1,900 Palestinian prisoners, prompting emotional scenes in Ramallah and Gaza.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But liberating humans from work would also mean liberating them from their paychecks.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Blazy’s new silhouette for the house achieved exactly that by anchoring the form at the hips, liberating the upper body and waist, while enabling the skirts to emphasize the length of the leg and the amplitude of each step.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The movie brings back Hemsworth’s Rake, who is tasked with a new mission — rescuing the battered family of a ruthless Georgian gangster from the prison where they are being held.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Some search and rescue efforts involved helicopters rescuing people off the roofs of houses as they were surrounded by several feet of flooding, images that are reminiscent to rescues conducted during Hurricane Katrina, said US Coast Guard Capt.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Informal salvage businesses buy old batteries and melt the lead in makeshift furnaces, releasing waste that ends up in the air, soil, and water.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Douglas Dulgarian began making noise as TAGABOW in 2017, playing house shows and releasing early cassettes like 2017’s Sweater Curse.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Compression packing cubes, in particular, are critical for saving space and flattening clothes as much as possible.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has laid out his plan for saving democracy.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
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