as in to disenfranchise
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Recent Examples of disempower
In their rush to disempower midwives, anti-midwife crusaders inadvertently created a climate in which neonatal care is less safe for all birthing parents.
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Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 18 June 2024
In the political sphere, the centralization of power inherent in the nation-state, whether democratic or authoritarian, disempowers many peoples.
—Ashish Kothari, Scientific American, 1 June 2021
Their strategy will disempower rightsholders by disempowering the only entity created and authorized to act on their behalf with respect to mechanical licenses – the MLC.
—Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 18 Mar. 2024
The comments are reminiscent of conspiracy theories promoted by White supremacists that there’s a plot to disempower White Americans.
—Nancy Cook, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
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Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 18 June 2024
In the political sphere, the centralization of power inherent in the nation-state, whether democratic or authoritarian, disempowers many peoples.
—Ashish Kothari, Scientific American, 1 June 2021
Their strategy will disempower rightsholders by disempowering the only entity created and authorized to act on their behalf with respect to mechanical licenses – the MLC.
—Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 18 Mar. 2024
The comments are reminiscent of conspiracy theories promoted by White supremacists that there’s a plot to disempower White Americans.
—Nancy Cook, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disempower
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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
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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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The ruling came on the same day that Trump's attorneys, in a court filing, urged the Georgia Supreme Court to keep Willis disqualified from the case.—
Olivia Rubin,
ABC News,
17 Jan. 2025
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And no Georgia court has ever reversed a trial court's order declining to disqualify a prosecutor based solely on an appearance of impropriety.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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The crash led to the death of 17-year-old Luciana Fernandez, permanently disabled Katerina Puig, now 19, and injured several other teens on his boat that day.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2025
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Apple Intelligence began rolling out in October with iOS 18.1, giving users access to features such as Writing Tools, improved Siri, and the troubled notification summaries, which were later disabled to fix problems with inaccurate news alerts.—
Jibin Joseph,
PCMAG,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Disempower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disempower. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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