as in to disenfranchise
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Recent Examples of disempower
There's a lot of talk in the AI safety world about the degree to which these systems are likely to do things like power-seeking, to be deceptive, to seek to disempower humans and escape their control.
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Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 Apr. 2025
Serena’s not going to convince him to disempower himself and endanger his family over the course of a few evening strolls.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
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
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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Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 Apr. 2025
Serena’s not going to convince him to disempower himself and endanger his family over the course of a few evening strolls.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disempower
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The National Association of Secretaries of State and the National Association of State Election Directors warned the Postmaster General that problems with the postal service might disenfranchise voters in the upcoming election.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Officials in Oregon and Washington, which accept ballots as long as they are postmarked by Election Day, said that could disenfranchise thousands of voters.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Jan. 2026
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What voters said about Patriot Mobile For Buddy Luce, a former Southlake Carroll school board president, Wambsganss’ Patriot Mobile ties were enough to disqualify her from getting his vote.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Feb. 2026
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Defense attorneys are seeking to disqualify local prosecutors because the adult daughter of Chad Grunander, a deputy county attorney helping prosecute the case, attended the rally where Kirk was shot.—
Matthew Brown,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
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Louisville beat its Boulder County neighbor to the punch by several months, disabling its Flock cameras at the end of June and removing them by the start of October.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2026
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For a variety of reasons, the current Tasers often don’t connect and disable a suspect, Tisch said.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Disempower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disempower. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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