as in empowered
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as in freed
to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
in a way, modern labor-saving appliances enfranchised people, giving them much more leisure time
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enfranchised
Adjective
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Heidi is the empowered frontier woman, setting off from her parents’ Colorado lodge to reinvent everything about herself out west with a wild man.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
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Saturn in Aries activates your relationship with money, values, and self-worth, beginning a new phase of building stability from a more empowered place.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
8 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The state’s Supreme Court threw out the verdict and Cosby was freed from prison after serving nearly three years of a three- to 10-year sentence.—
Andrew Dalton,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Mar. 2026
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Moss, the only woman who had been freed under the Survivors’ Act, attended the hearings that summer.—
Pamela Colloff,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Machado laid out a vision in which a future democratic state in Venezuela will set clear rules, and enforce contracts.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2026
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As with any discipline, there is something democratic about its effects.—
Caleb Crain,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In its most generous version, this framing presents him as a heroic figure who liberated architecture from disciplinary orthodoxy.—
Julian Rose,
Artforum,
26 Mar. 2026
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During the Iran-Iraq war, Iran liberated its territory by 1982 but didn’t agree to a ceasefire until 1988, after hundreds of thousands of additional casualties and an international hostage crisis.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
24 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Police released images of the suspect described as a man between 40 and 49 years of age, about 5-feet-9 to 5-feet-10, weighing about 150 pounds.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Investors may catch their breath next week as earnings season winds down and only a few meaningful economic reports are released.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
22 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Colorado law ties teens to their parents unless they can get emancipated by the court.—
Fraidy Reiss,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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The actress would go on to struggle with addiction issues and in February 1991, emancipated herself at the age of 14.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
5 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Firefighters rescued a dog from a 12-foot deep sinkhole in Falmouth, Massachusetts.—
Juli McDonald,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Officials said 57 soldiers were rescued alive from the crash site in the remote municipality of Puerto Leguizamo and were being treated for their injuries in the capital Bogota and elsewhere.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Enfranchised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enfranchised. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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