as in mandate
the granting of power to perform various acts or duties
the empowerment of her husband to make medical decisions on her behalf is clearly stated in her living will
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Recent Examples of empowerment
Astrology is a tool for self-empowerment, and your birth chart — an exact snapshot of the sky the day that you were born — is equivalent to a map, highlighting the environments and experiences that influence your life path.
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Goldin described much of the concern as a political backlash against high rates of immigration and women's empowerment.
—Sarah McCammon, NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
While for many Americans speaking another language is seen as something extraordinary, true empowerment when traveling comes from embracing linguistic diversity, not expecting the entire world to speak English.
—Wilson Santiago Burgos, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
Our goal is to help people navigate that uncertainty through education and empowerment.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 26 Oct. 2025
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Goldin described much of the concern as a political backlash against high rates of immigration and women's empowerment.
—Sarah McCammon, NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
While for many Americans speaking another language is seen as something extraordinary, true empowerment when traveling comes from embracing linguistic diversity, not expecting the entire world to speak English.
—Wilson Santiago Burgos, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
Our goal is to help people navigate that uncertainty through education and empowerment.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 26 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for empowerment
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The Fed's policymakers are weighing their dual mandates of keeping prices stable and maximizing employment after months of weaker-than-expected jobs reports.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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Except that the European Parliament decided that this mandate was a no-go.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Oct. 2025
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But the mandates also help colleges shovel heaps of bureaucratic muck—validating data for accreditation, carrying out enrollment, flagging troubled students, aggregating metrics of all kinds.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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The festival has stoked debate with its rejection of accreditation requests from Israel’s DocAviv Festival, CoPro – The Israeli Content Marketing Foundation and state broadcaster Kan for its upcoming edition, running from November 13 to 23, in a move first reported by Variety on Monday.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Empowerment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empowerment. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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