emboldens

present tense third-person singular of embolden

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Recent Examples of emboldens Hair, Paper, Water… emboldens one’s love of this earth and the words used to share it. Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025 Appeasement only emboldens extremism. Nolan Lebovitz, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emboldens
Verb
  • Sherry hopes his video inspires men, balding or not, to embrace self-care and find ways to be the best version of themselves.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • What’s needed now is a return to fashion that inspires, built on products that reignite a sense of fantasy.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • My hope is that Reunion encourages commissioners and production companies to create space for other deaf people to come forward and tell their stories.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The presence of citizen participation in legal decision-making encourages civic engagement, fosters public trust and reanimates the participatory ideals on which the American republic was founded.
    Richard Lorren Jolly, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Emboldens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emboldens. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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