as in to disqualify
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Recent Examples of disenfranchise
The fact is that New York City is an outlier in disenfranchising independent voters.
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Dr. Jessie Fields, New York Daily News, 1 June 2025
The new map disenfranchises 19% of Black adults and 12% of Latino adults in Tarrant County, while disenfranchising 5% of white adults, the lawsuit alleges.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2025
Voting rights advocates had said the state law could disenfranchise many voters of color.
—Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 22 May 2025
Not only that: more than 1 million independent voters in New York City are effectively disenfranchised because they are barred from participating in the elections that matter most.
—John Avlon, New York Daily News, 23 May 2025
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Dr. Jessie Fields, New York Daily News, 1 June 2025
The new map disenfranchises 19% of Black adults and 12% of Latino adults in Tarrant County, while disenfranchising 5% of white adults, the lawsuit alleges.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2025
Voting rights advocates had said the state law could disenfranchise many voters of color.
—Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 22 May 2025
Not only that: more than 1 million independent voters in New York City are effectively disenfranchised because they are barred from participating in the elections that matter most.
—John Avlon, New York Daily News, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disenfranchise
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Sam Horsfield was disqualified from the Final Qualifier for The Open Championship played on Tuesday at West Lancashire Golf Club.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 July 2025
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While employers can lawfully disqualify a candidate based on a positive test, doing so without a transparent and defensible policy may raise questions in competitive hiring markets or among stakeholders focused on fairness.—
Alonzo Martinez,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
Verb
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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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Keefe died from a fall and a head injury after suffering from a disabling condition, friends said.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
11 July 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,
11 July 2025
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“Disenfranchise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenfranchise. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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