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adjective

Definition of empowerednext
as in enfranchised

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verb

past tense of empower
1
as in enabled
to give official or legal power to the federal agency empowered to collect taxes

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2
as in allowed
to make able or possible workshops in financial management to empower workers to plan for their retirement

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Recent Examples of empowered
Adjective
There’s little precedent for our federal government to prosecute crimes of the empowered elite. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 4 June 2026 Greater impact feeds your empowered mindset, and the cycle continues. — Daren Smith, IndieWire, 27 May 2026
Verb
When the Supreme Court ruled the tariffs unlawful in February, the administration replaced them with those empowered under a different statutory authority. — Jonas Nahm, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026 The model provided instructions, and the harness, empowered with various software tools, acted on those instructions, and then reported back for more. — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for empowered
Recent Examples of Synonyms for empowered
  1. liberated
  2. enabled
  3. allowed
  4. democratic
  5. authorized
  6. unsupervised
Adjective
  • The liberated bundle then touches down somewhere else in the genome, where native DNA repair processes paste it in.
    — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Instead, Curry connected with fans like me because, as a performer, the man seemed able to do anything, and do it with a kind of liberated abandon and eagerness to entertain.
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of liberated
Verb
  • The technology enabled compression; the growth came from expansion.
    — Sumeet Salwan, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Known versions are detected by Google Play Protect, which is enabled by default on Android devices with Google Play Services.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of enabled
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  • What if even the slightest error in doctrine or practice allowed the devil to mislead and damn well-meaning Christians?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Verlander allowed 2 runs and 5 hits in 5 1/3 innings with one walk and six strikeouts in his 91-pitch outing.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of allowed
Adjective
  • Mamdani is one of the most prominent democratic socialists following his election last November.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The congress has repeatedly amended the constitution to concentrate power in Ortega’s hands and eliminate any shred of democratic independence and dissent.
    — Sergio R. Bustos, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of democratic
Verb
  • Both agreements were authorized by law, the spokesperson said, ading that the latter has already netted more than $465 million.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • When Henderson's family appealed, the county review board authorized an independent medical reviewer to look at the case.
    — Arthur Allen, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of authorized
Adjective
  • Ada County Magistrate Judge Laurie Fortier sentenced Chavez to six months of unsupervised probation, and he is required to complete an anger management course within three months of sentencing.
    — Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Whether the ban was a masterful gambit or an unsupervised temper tantrum, its most revealing consequence—and, perhaps, point of contrast with Acostagate—has been in the strong reaction of the targets’ colleagues in the media.
    — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026
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“Empowered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empowered. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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