empowered 1 of 2

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
Asked whether Danny felt empowered to turn down work, Gilbert pointed to his prolific output. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026 In their dealings with him, they are empowered to work all kinds of mischief and magic in his place and on his behalf. — Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 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 slide-out kitchen stores away under the bed so as not to take up any of the liberated floor space.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of liberated
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  • Space42’s other major differentiator, according to Sabbagh, is its strategy to bring satellite communications, Earth observation, and AI-enabled analysis together within a single business.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • That flexibility, whether enabled by SSTs or other controls, could lower costs and speed up grid connections.
    — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of enabled
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  • In new measures, the army said most Palestinian workers with permits will not be allowed to enter Israeli West Bank settlements on Sunday and Monday, and crossings into Israel will remain closed until after Israel's elections on Tuesday.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The Packers, one of the lower-scoring teams in the league, get to face a team that is almost last in points allowed this season.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of allowed
Adjective
  • Its nascent democratic system confronted entrenched social hierarchies of caste and power.
    — Asim Ali, Time, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The findings come three decades after the democratic government introduced a raft of measures — known as Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) — aimed at reversing the dispossession suffered by Black people under apartheid and colonialism.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of democratic
Verb
  • The Biden administration subsequently extended the designation, most recently in January 2025, when DHS authorized an additional 18 months of protection through October 2026.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The Lakers looked into acquiring center Jericho Sims from the Milwaukee Bucks during the preseason in exchange for Knecht, sources close to the situation but not authorized to speak publicly told The Times.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of authorized
Adjective
  • In other words, the Legislature left it to parents to determine when their child would be mature enough to participate in unsupervised activities.
    — Jennifer L. Brinkley, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026
  • That exceeds the usury caps on unsupervised consumer loan interest rates of 12% to 21% in Colorado.
    — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 2 Oct. 2026
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