1
as in to let
to make able or possible
my new glasses enable me to read the fine print
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as in to empower
to give official or legal power to
a law that would enable the authorities to inspect food preparation areas for health code violations
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Recent Examples of enable
New allegations in London underscore Deutsche Bank’s history of enabling risky behavior.
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Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Investors have flocked to technology firms taking advantage of and enabling AI’s development, sending their share prices soaring.
—Tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
This will enable you to place your $1 bet on one of tonight's games to unlock your 20 100 percent profit boost tokens.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Josephson’s work enabled physicists to predict how properties like current and voltage would be induced across the space between two superconductors, and Clarke’s work built upon that idea.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 8 Oct. 2025
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Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Investors have flocked to technology firms taking advantage of and enabling AI’s development, sending their share prices soaring.
—Tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
This will enable you to place your $1 bet on one of tonight's games to unlock your 20 100 percent profit boost tokens.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Josephson’s work enabled physicists to predict how properties like current and voltage would be induced across the space between two superconductors, and Clarke’s work built upon that idea.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 8 Oct. 2025
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The number of homes approved under the Complete Communities incentive — which lets developers build many more units than the underlining zoning would otherwise allow — has skyrocketed from 170 in 2022 to 1,131 in 2023 and to 1,917 in 2024.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Oct. 2025
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Immediately after the cease-fire takes effect, Israel will let 400 aid trucks enter Gaza everyday for the first five days, and gradually increase that number, a senior Palestinian official told the BBC.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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Social media really helped empower the whole process.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
11 Oct. 2025
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Both men and women should feel empowered to do what is right for themselves, whether that’s climb the corporate ladder or stay at home as a parent, Zayer said.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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However, those who wish to relocate can, and they will be allowed to return under the agreement.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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His administration also paused applications for parole programs and allowed ICE to cancel parole statuses of migrants.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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Instead, the city is considering a public safety referendum, giving voters a chance to authorize the city to collect more tax dollars for a high-profile, high-demand portion of its budget.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Trump then authorized National Guard troops to be sent to Illinois amid protests outside an ICE facility in Chicago.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
6 Oct. 2025
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Losing or changing jobs can also cause households that were previously ineligible to qualify for assistance.—
Francesca Pica,
jsonline.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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Trump did not specify why certain federal workers would not qualify to receive back pay owed to them.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Enable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enable. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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