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Recent Examples of disfranchise
These men are here to disfranchise every Black voter.
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al, 5 Dec. 2022
Ignoring an express statutory deadline, the justices held that potential mail delays disfranchise voters and violate the state constitution’s guarantee of free and equal elections.
—Allysia Finley, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2020
The latest five-alarm fire in Washington is over a supposed plot to disfranchise voters centered on the United States Postal Service.
—The Editors, National Review, 17 Aug. 2020
By 1846, residents of Alexandria had grown irritated over being disfranchised, and political control of that area returned to Virginia.
—Jeff Barker, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2019
Starting in the 1890s, Southern states advanced measures to disfranchise blacks, including literacy tests, poll taxes and grandfather clauses.
—Frank Scaturro, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2020
al, 5 Dec. 2022
Ignoring an express statutory deadline, the justices held that potential mail delays disfranchise voters and violate the state constitution’s guarantee of free and equal elections.
—Allysia Finley, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2020
The latest five-alarm fire in Washington is over a supposed plot to disfranchise voters centered on the United States Postal Service.
—The Editors, National Review, 17 Aug. 2020
By 1846, residents of Alexandria had grown irritated over being disfranchised, and political control of that area returned to Virginia.
—Jeff Barker, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2019
Starting in the 1890s, Southern states advanced measures to disfranchise blacks, including literacy tests, poll taxes and grandfather clauses.
—Frank Scaturro, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disfranchise
Verb
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The fabric is incredibly smooth and light, which keeps air flowing and prevents chafing.—
Sara Coughlin,
SELF,
17 Feb. 2025
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The property is zoned for agricultural use and is on Prop A lands, meant to conserve agricultural lands and prevent urban sprawl.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
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Core inflation — which excludes prices of fresh food — rose to 3.2%, beating economists’ expectations of 3.1%, according to a Reuters poll.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
21 Feb. 2025
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Understandably, nominees bristled at the decision to exclude their work in live form.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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This confusion, coupled with the February 27th cutoff, could disenfranchise voters.—
Avril K. Cherasard,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2025
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The report argues Black voting-age Floridians were disproportionately harmed by this, with 1 in 4 being disenfranchised.—
Cheyanne M. Daniels,
The Hill,
16 Jan. 2025
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Russian President Vladimir Putin deliberately hindered international rescue efforts after the Kursk submarine sank in 2000 in order to protect his country's nuclear secrets, Bill Clinton has alleged.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
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Automated feedback tools can further enhance engagement by providing instant responses to students, eliminating delays that traditionally hinder progress.—
Balaji Soundararajan,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Employers can discourage communications outside of business hours, limit after-hours events, and support employees’ ability to disconnect during time off.—
Michelle Travis,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Failure, on the other hand, would discourage other business leaders already nervous about the current political climate.—
Justin Worland,
TIME,
25 Feb. 2025
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However, any individual who impedes law enforcement operations, potentially threatening the safety of law enforcement agents and subjects of their investigations, is subject to investigation and potential prosecution by the Department of Justice.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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Without such reform, unmanageable debt will continue to impede these countries from investing in domestic green industrial strategies or in other measures to prevent and respond to climate, health, and other emergencies.—
Mariana Mazzucato,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Starmer and France's Emmanuel Macron came to Washington this week after Europe and Ukraine were shut out of peace talks between the U.S. and Russia in Saudi Arabia.—
Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2025
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The visits will be critical to showing whether there is any scope for US-European cooperation on the war — after the continent was shut out of US talks in Saudi Arabia with Russia this week.—
Stephen Collinson,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
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The leader of a political region within the broader nation, Dodik was at the time under U.S. sanctions by the Trump administration for actively obstructing American efforts to prevent more bloodshed.—
Brett Murphy,
ProPublica,
16 Feb. 2025
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For instance, President Donald Trump and the GOP have threatened to block disaster relief for Californian wildfires, to obstruct the return of federal relief for state and local tax payments, and to roll back the massive industrial investments from Biden-era legislation.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen Henriques,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Disfranchise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disfranchise. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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