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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
In the same vein, the Nigerian diaspora continues to grow stronger and empower Nigeria’s own design community.
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Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
Super Leaders Embrace Emerging Technology Leaders should feel empowered by their AI resources.
—Kelly Jones, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
This kind of experience is empowering, but also unnerving.
—James Somers, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2025
Ownli’s goal is to empower its customers through technology to get the job done themselves.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
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Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
Super Leaders Embrace Emerging Technology Leaders should feel empowered by their AI resources.
—Kelly Jones, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
This kind of experience is empowering, but also unnerving.
—James Somers, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2025
Ownli’s goal is to empower its customers through technology to get the job done themselves.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for empower
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Rather than rob the story of its teeth, this enabled me to explore the pain, loneliness and personal demons of my characters with sympathy rather than stinging bite.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Advertisement On the Democratic side, Virginia’s legislature has begun the complicated process of working to amend the state constitution to enable redistricting.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Roosevelt let newspaper editorials hash out the pros and cons of the voyage before making an official announcement, and the leak represented the first time congressmen (and the public) heard about the fleet’s plans to circumnavigate the globe.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Nov. 2025
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Allow the sanitizing solution to sit for a few minutes before letting the cutting board air dry.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Bills' run-heavy offense -- which has piled up a league-high 1,292 yards in just eight games -- should dominate this one and allow Buffalo to not only win, but cover the substantial spread.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Indeed, Spain’s real estate landscape as a whole is evolving, especially with the end of the country’s golden visa program, which for years allowed foreigners to gain residency by investing in property.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Empower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empower. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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