enfranchise

Example Sentences

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"Those are two great examples of private sector firms enfranchising themselves in our mission to make Britain a clean energy superpower."

From BBC

Experts say, however, that leaving decisions on abortion care up to the states isn't as enfranchising a proposition as it sounds.

From Salon

On Thursday, Republicans said that the Washington, D.C. law was a gateway to a more sinister effort underway throughout the country to enfranchise people who should not be allowed to vote.

From New York Times

“I wanted to enfranchise all of these characters and have it be almost the Holy Family.”

From Salon

Chute writes about predatory capitalism from the vantage point of the Mainers who are the least enfranchised and most abandoned, “stressed to the breaking point,” she has written.

From New York Times