1
as in to enable
to give official or legal power to
the federal agency empowered to collect taxes
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as in to let
to make able or possible
workshops in financial management to empower workers to plan for their retirement
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Recent Examples of empower
This is about empowering creative talent to thrive in a changing industry, not replacing jobs.
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Eline Van Der Velden, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
This series of high-profile cases — which follow a rapid nationwide expansion of legal sports gambling — has triggered calls for the leagues to create and empower an internal investigative agency to police for illicit gambling schemes and misconduct by players and other employees.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
By nurturing growth at every level, LRI strengthens the state’s civic fabric, empowers leaders, and inspires collective action that benefits communities across Rhode Island.
—Will Richmond, The Providence Journal, 22 Jan. 2026
But this view is not empowering toward women and is often wrong.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
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Eline Van Der Velden, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
This series of high-profile cases — which follow a rapid nationwide expansion of legal sports gambling — has triggered calls for the leagues to create and empower an internal investigative agency to police for illicit gambling schemes and misconduct by players and other employees.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
By nurturing growth at every level, LRI strengthens the state’s civic fabric, empowers leaders, and inspires collective action that benefits communities across Rhode Island.
—Will Richmond, The Providence Journal, 22 Jan. 2026
But this view is not empowering toward women and is often wrong.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
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Their new approach enables micro- and nanoscale 3D fabrication using a wide range of materials, moving beyond polymers and opening new design possibilities.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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Senior executives speak openly about the potential for better customer experience, better products, and fundamentally new business models enabled by AI.—
Peter Bendor-Samuel,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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But Roger always just let people in.—
Patrick McEnroe,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Choose one issue each week that others may have let linger and take ownership of bringing it to resolution.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Very cold air already in place will allow snow to accumulate quickly across the region, sticking to roads, bridges and untreated surfaces with little melting.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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The Revolutionary Guard holds vast business interest across Iran, and sanctions could allow its assets in Europe to be seized.—
SAM McNEIL AND JON GAMBRELL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Empower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empower. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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