as in to disqualify
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Recent Examples of disenfranchise
The report argues Black voting-age Floridians were disproportionately harmed by this, with 1 in 4 being disenfranchised.
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Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
Some gerrymandering limits exist: The federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 prevents disenfranchising voters based on race, color or membership in a language minority group.
—Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 31 Oct. 2024
Indigenous South Africans have long been disenfranchised and impoverished, and have seen little of the wealth that has come from the plant’s global boom.
—Kendall Hunter, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2025
That prompted the Tohono O’odham Nation to join a lawsuit alleging the move disenfranchised the 40,000 Native Americans in Arizona who lack a formal address.
—Tom Hals, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024
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Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
Some gerrymandering limits exist: The federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 prevents disenfranchising voters based on race, color or membership in a language minority group.
—Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 31 Oct. 2024
Indigenous South Africans have long been disenfranchised and impoverished, and have seen little of the wealth that has come from the plant’s global boom.
—Kendall Hunter, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2025
That prompted the Tohono O’odham Nation to join a lawsuit alleging the move disenfranchised the 40,000 Native Americans in Arizona who lack a formal address.
—Tom Hals, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disenfranchise
Verb
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That could push you into a higher interest rate or disqualify you for funding altogether.—
LEW SICHELMAN,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2025
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The case concerned whether or not Trump should be disqualified from the 2024 Colorado Presidential Primary because of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.—
Graeme Taskerud,
The Denver Post,
5 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Alongside selectively prioritizing people in your life, equally important is steering clear of people who consistently disempower, disrespect, or discredit you.—
Joseph Liu,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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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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Peak Drive Online ordering has been temporarily disabled for Del Taco's Colorado locations.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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All of these resources are active and available on the Radeon RX 9070 XT, but eight of the 64 compute units are disabled on the Radeon RX 9070, reducing its core counts to 3,584 shaders, 224 TMUs, 112 AI accelerators, and 56 ray accelerators.—
Michael Justin Allen Sexton,
PCMAG,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Disenfranchise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenfranchise. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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