as in to disqualify
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Recent Examples of disenfranchise
Some people argue that the outcome disenfranchises the California residents whose votes should have been determinative.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Rules disenfranchising people with convictions offer a particularly stark version of that very real problem.
—Justin Levitt, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
For not only will this impact the results of the election in November, but disenfranchising a whole bloc of potential voters could shape this generation’s political participation for years to come.
Ellie Porte, a graduate of American University, on the school’s campus in Washington, DC.
—Rachel Janfaza, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2024
Laws that disenfranchised voters legally sanctioned the violent overthrow of local governments.
—Domingo Morel / Made By History, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Rules disenfranchising people with convictions offer a particularly stark version of that very real problem.
—Justin Levitt, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
For not only will this impact the results of the election in November, but disenfranchising a whole bloc of potential voters could shape this generation’s political participation for years to come.
Ellie Porte, a graduate of American University, on the school’s campus in Washington, DC.
—Rachel Janfaza, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2024
Laws that disenfranchised voters legally sanctioned the violent overthrow of local governments.
—Domingo Morel / Made By History, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disenfranchise
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Her teacher, Wang, has been given a warning and disqualified from teachers' awards for the year.Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK, theweek, 11 Nov. 2024
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Matthew Choi, of Austin, was disqualified from the 2024 TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday and removed from the results, New York Road Runners said in a statement.Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 5 Nov. 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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Admins can disable this hurdle if desired or remove people from calls and block them to deny re-entry.Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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Ben Kilner Given the fact that the spinning wheels splash a lot in the water, Ben often just pulled the chain off the wheel-drive part of the system in order to temporarily disable it.Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Disenfranchise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenfranchise. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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