1
as in to enable
to give official or legal power to
the federal agency empowered to collect taxes
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2
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
Training is not a one-off event at UCLH and this empowers staff to make the most of the technology.
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Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
How symptoms are described shapes whether women feel empowered to seek treatment, understand their condition and maintain quality of life during and after menopause.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
Foundation, that works to empower children and adults in underserved communities.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Lower courts have checked Trump’s lawlessness, but a too-deferential Supreme Court gets the last word and empowers him more than not.
—Jackie Calmes, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
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Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
How symptoms are described shapes whether women feel empowered to seek treatment, understand their condition and maintain quality of life during and after menopause.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
Foundation, that works to empower children and adults in underserved communities.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Lower courts have checked Trump’s lawlessness, but a too-deferential Supreme Court gets the last word and empowers him more than not.
—Jackie Calmes, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for empower
Recent Examples of Synonyms for empower
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This approach has enabled Apex to scale quickly while maintaining the stability and resources associated with a corporate partnership.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Families in more than a dozen states now enjoy universal-eligibility school choice, enabling them to access a portion of education funding to use toward their preferred educational setting.—
Kerry McDonald,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Bonneville, sitting behind her, grabbed her hand for the last 15 minutes and didn’t let go.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
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Each of these commitments comes nestled in a bramble of thorny questions that societies have been debating for the last, let’s round it off at, 250 years.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Sep. 2025
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Children younger than three are authorized to receive the vaccine from their healthcare provider.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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The agency last month authorized the new COVID-19 shots only for those over the age of 65 and people with underlying health conditions, a move that marked a major change from past policies and reportedly went against the recommendations of FDA scientists.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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Somehow, the Hollywood star was still welcomed into the cockpit by the starstruck flight crew and allowed to briefly take control of the airliner.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The latest commitment will allow Startup Junkie to continue the program for three years and expand the team's capacity to serve clients and prospective borrowers with more resources, hands-on support and events.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Empower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empower. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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