enfranchising
- present participle of 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 ● Apr. 11, 2025
“To have the person who was always part of enfranchising the community be disenfranchised the way he was, was unconscionable,” Norton said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
Lewis said her reaction to Monday’s ruling was “utter shock,” namely because she feels the board typically errs on the side of enfranchising candidates to grant them ballot access.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2022
But the suffragists who fought for a woman’s right to vote were invested in enfranchising a particular kind of woman.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2016
The Senate committee again submitted a majority report in favor of a Sixteenth Amendment enfranchising women, signed by T. W. Palmer, Blair, Lapham and Anthony.
From The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Harper, Ida Husted
