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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
disempower .
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Examples
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And yet WSF is a form of public school choice that unambiguously disempowers the rich and powerful (which is to say, in New York, the loud, obnoxious, and politically active) while strengthening the hand of poor parents.
Public School Choice, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Critical commentators would go further and see “the book” as the physical incarnation of a system that disempowers both teachers and learners.
C is for Coursebook (by Lindsay Clandfield) « An A-Z of ELT 2010
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A universal standard, applied to all states, that empowers those truly committed to democracy and disempowers the extremists who seek to abuse it, offers an opportunity to advance the free world's hopes, confront our fears and answer the call of thousands throughout the Middle East.
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It disempowers the writer to that extent, of course.
Why I Blog 2008
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It disempowers them, and empowers only the President and his allies.
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It presumes all the power is on the other side; it disempowers you before you even reach the table.
W. Hunter Roberts: New Year's Resolutions For Progressives 2010 2010
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It disempowers them, and empowers only the President and his allies.
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Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives.
Jim Lichtman: 2010: A Shellacking in Poor Judgment and Bad Behavior Jim Lichtman 2010
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He said he understood then, as I did, that negative campaigning suppresses the vote, disempowers the electorate, and divides the political party.
Nancy Cronk: Romanoff vs. Bennet: A Matter of Integrity 2010
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While better use of feet and forks may be a matter of personal responsibility, the environment that dictates our daily options, that empowers or disempowers our personal pursuit of health, is a matter of public policy.
David Katz, M.D.: Child Obesity: Titanic Danger, Uncertain Opportunity 2010
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