as in to disqualify
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Recent Examples of disenfranchise
In the meantime, Republican officials are discussing whether a lawsuit needs to be filed in state court to prevent the voters who did not sign their envelopes and do not return to cast a new ballot in North Stonington from being disenfranchised.
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Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 5 Nov. 2024
The ballot initiative will disenfranchise Black voters.
—David Smith, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2024
There have been many subsequent fights for equality, and some experts argue that certain regulations, like voter ID, may still be playing a role in disenfranchising Native American voters.
—Ashawnta Jackson, JSTOR Daily, 1 Nov. 2024
The decision temporarily resolves a quandary that could have disenfranchised the group and swayed down-ballot races across the state.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2024
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Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 5 Nov. 2024
The ballot initiative will disenfranchise Black voters.
—David Smith, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2024
There have been many subsequent fights for equality, and some experts argue that certain regulations, like voter ID, may still be playing a role in disenfranchising Native American voters.
—Ashawnta Jackson, JSTOR Daily, 1 Nov. 2024
The decision temporarily resolves a quandary that could have disenfranchised the group and swayed down-ballot races across the state.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disenfranchise
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Trump’s nominee for head of DEA should be disqualified for ordering the arrest a pastor who defied COVID lockdowns.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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But Senate Armed Services Committee senior member Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) told The New Yorker the reports of Hegseth’s drinking were alarming and disqualifying to him becoming Pentagon chief.Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 2 Dec. 2024
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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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The term has been popularized by an influential faction within the AI field who are concerned that trying to build machines as smart as humans might disempower or destroy humanity.Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
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There is a lack of medical supplies, including prosthetics, wheelchairs and essential medications to treat people with injuries that have left them disabled, the press release said.Diaa Ostaz, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2024
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Waymo’s driverless vehicles can detect emergency vehicles, know how to respond to hand signals for traffic cops, and can be disabled manually when something goes wrong, according to an independent review of the company’s first responder protocols.Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Disenfranchise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenfranchise. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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