as in to disenfranchise
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Recent Examples of disempower
In their rush to disempower midwives, anti-midwife crusaders inadvertently created a climate in which neonatal care is less safe for all birthing parents.
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Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 18 June 2024
In the political sphere, the centralization of power inherent in the nation-state, whether democratic or authoritarian, disempowers many peoples.
—Ashish Kothari, Scientific American, 1 June 2021
Their strategy will disempower rightsholders by disempowering the only entity created and authorized to act on their behalf with respect to mechanical licenses – the MLC.
—Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 18 Mar. 2024
The comments are reminiscent of conspiracy theories promoted by White supremacists that there’s a plot to disempower White Americans.
—Nancy Cook, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
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Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 18 June 2024
In the political sphere, the centralization of power inherent in the nation-state, whether democratic or authoritarian, disempowers many peoples.
—Ashish Kothari, Scientific American, 1 June 2021
Their strategy will disempower rightsholders by disempowering the only entity created and authorized to act on their behalf with respect to mechanical licenses – the MLC.
—Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 18 Mar. 2024
The comments are reminiscent of conspiracy theories promoted by White supremacists that there’s a plot to disempower White Americans.
—Nancy Cook, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disempower
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Advertisement Kansas provides a cautionary tale about how pursuing an election concern that in fact is extremely rare risks disenfranchising a far greater number of people who are legally entitled to vote.John Hanna, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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Engelbrecht and True the Vote have effectively tried to disenfranchise voters by claiming that voter rolls are filled with phony voter registrations.David Gilbert, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024
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The other side: Republicans, who gained an advantage after a judge disqualified an incoming Democrat for not living in his district, have pointed to past examples of the House electing a speaker with just 67 votes.Torey Van Oot, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
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Democrats declined to mount any objection to President-elect Donald Trump’s 2024 victory despite warning four years ago that the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol disqualified him from office.Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Jan. 2025
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California Drone crash disabled a firefighting plane.Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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Set up two-factor (or multi-factor) authentication on any account that allows it, and never disable it.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Disempower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disempower. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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