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disenfranchised

[dis-en-fran-chahyzd] / ˌdɪs ɛnˈfræn tʃaɪzd /


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And lots of other audiences who feel disenfranchised would like to be reassured that their virtues are just that.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Her first album Horses was for the disenfranchised and the shunned.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

Some voters in Zanzibar felt disenfranchised and said they would "leave that section blank" on the presidential ballot.

From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025

The 14th Amendment imposed a penalty of reduced congressional representation on states that disenfranchised Black citizens, but it did not confer the right to vote on anyone.

From Slate • Oct. 7, 2025

The supporting cast was mostly disenfranchised Indians, Mexicans, and cowpunchers, all of whom possessed horsemanship and livestock skills honed on the vanishing frontier.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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