as in to disqualify
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Recent Examples of disenfranchise
Mary Dick, advocacy and engagement director for the MLK Center, said the center views literacy as a civil rights issue because it’s been wielded to disenfranchise people of color throughout American history.
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Tory Basile, IndyStar, 28 Nov. 2025
Federal law and Supreme Court precedent prohibit race as a predominant factor when drawing maps that either intentionally disenfranchise minority voters or otherwise effectively dilute their influence.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2025
Assembly Democrats opposed the bills, saying the legislation would disenfranchise students, especially in rural communities.
—Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 21 Nov. 2025
Opponents of the mid-decade redistricting effort have said that the boundaries would disenfranchise Black and Hispanic voters and criticized the effort as a political power grab.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Nov. 2025
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Tory Basile, IndyStar, 28 Nov. 2025
Federal law and Supreme Court precedent prohibit race as a predominant factor when drawing maps that either intentionally disenfranchise minority voters or otherwise effectively dilute their influence.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2025
Assembly Democrats opposed the bills, saying the legislation would disenfranchise students, especially in rural communities.
—Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 21 Nov. 2025
Opponents of the mid-decade redistricting effort have said that the boundaries would disenfranchise Black and Hispanic voters and criticized the effort as a political power grab.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disenfranchise
Verb
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To be clear, this does not disqualify the people in the film — real or fictional — from help.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
25 Jan. 2026
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Notably, employers may also inform applicants upfront when specific convictions would disqualify them under law or company policy, preserving transparency while delaying individualized screening.—
Alonzo Martinez,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The United States should use its economic weapons not only to disempower the junta but also to support its replacement.—
Dan Swift,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Sep. 2025
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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 mitigation is to disable automative media saving.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Youthful pond hockey injuries and years of surfing scrapes have been absorbed as painful but far from disabling.—
Fred Schruers,
Rolling Stone,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Disenfranchise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenfranchise. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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