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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
Patients and families can also request an ethics consultation, but in reality, few know this option exists or feel empowered to use it.
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Jennifer McCurdy, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
Offer Choices, Within Limits Offering reasonable levels of freedom and allowing children to make choices is a great way to empower them, build confidence in their decision-making skills, and help build a sense of responsibility.
—Alanna Gallo, Parents, 2 June 2026
The 2028 presidential primary, and South Carolina’s pivotal role in empowering Black voters to sway the Democratic nomination, is also on their minds.
—Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 1 June 2026
That system might be empowering to McDuffie, who, polling suggests, narrowly trails Lewis George overall but is the second choice for more voters.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
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Jennifer McCurdy, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
Offer Choices, Within Limits Offering reasonable levels of freedom and allowing children to make choices is a great way to empower them, build confidence in their decision-making skills, and help build a sense of responsibility.
—Alanna Gallo, Parents, 2 June 2026
The 2028 presidential primary, and South Carolina’s pivotal role in empowering Black voters to sway the Democratic nomination, is also on their minds.
—Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 1 June 2026
That system might be empowering to McDuffie, who, polling suggests, narrowly trails Lewis George overall but is the second choice for more voters.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
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Inexplicably, six Republicans in the Assembly and one in the Senate agreed to vote for AB 1768, thereby allowing many Democrats to skip the politically risky vote to enable yet another tax hike on working people.—
Susan Shelley,
Daily News,
10 June 2026
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Iturmendi believes the solid-state batteries will enable these missions on a single charge.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
10 June 2026
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The shame of opening the door to them in my filthy pajamas, of letting them into an apartment that had not been cleaned or aired for days.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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These options let the computer randomly generate numbers for you.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Arasheben devised a mechanism allowing the face to switch colors.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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However, properties that pre-dated the park, like Playa Cativo—which was originally a family-run farm—were allowed to continue operating under private ownership.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
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“Empower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empower. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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