as in to disqualify
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The quiet period is designed to ensure that mistakes don’t accidentally disenfranchise legitimate voters ahead of an election without an opportunity to rectify the error.
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Matthew Barakat, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024
The work is interesting from a disability perspective partly because, as a logistical matter, those in the disability community are disenfranchised financially to name but one barrier people face.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
However, Democrats have repeatedly attempted to block provisions of the law, claiming that the strict rules on identification will disenfranchise voters and criminalize portions of the election process.
—Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2024
Zoom out: Critics of the decision say the move could disenfranchise young voters, a crucial voting bloc for Democrats.
—Lucille Sherman, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
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Matthew Barakat, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024
The work is interesting from a disability perspective partly because, as a logistical matter, those in the disability community are disenfranchised financially to name but one barrier people face.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
However, Democrats have repeatedly attempted to block provisions of the law, claiming that the strict rules on identification will disenfranchise voters and criminalize portions of the election process.
—Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2024
Zoom out: Critics of the decision say the move could disenfranchise young voters, a crucial voting bloc for Democrats.
—Lucille Sherman, Axios, 30 Sep. 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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As such, users disable Play Protect to allow the app onto their phone.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Comments and like count were disabled from the post.David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Disenfranchise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenfranchise. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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