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as in enabled
to give official or legal power to
the federal agency empowered to collect taxes
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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
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
4 May 2026
By focussing on female characters, Jude invites sympathy for individuals who are structurally less empowered than their male peers, just as Romania occupies a position of weakness in relation to its European neighbors.
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Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Claire Wilmot & Gisa Tunbridge,
The Dial,
12 June 2026
Years into the overhaul, Mulally’s then–heir apparent Mark Fields recalled how the CEO had empowered executives to defy Ford’s long-standing culture that buried bad news.
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Claire Zillman,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
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Adjective
The album became a huge part of her live show and helped the superstar embody her new empowered self.
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Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
4 May 2026
By focussing on female characters, Jude invites sympathy for individuals who are structurally less empowered than their male peers, just as Romania occupies a position of weakness in relation to its European neighbors.
—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Verb
These arrangements, which empowered investors and military commanders at the expense of locals, formed the basis of most of the mechanized operations that expanded after the war.
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Claire Wilmot & Gisa Tunbridge,
The Dial,
12 June 2026
Years into the overhaul, Mulally’s then–heir apparent Mark Fields recalled how the CEO had empowered executives to defy Ford’s long-standing culture that buried bad news.
—
Claire Zillman,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
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And there were already many claims being made for the nearly $4 billion worth of liberated slaves.
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Hungary’s new minister of culture, Zoltán Tarr, shares his vision for fostering freedom of expression in a liberated local art scene.
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Guo was convicted of nine of 12 criminal charges during a seven-week trial that prosecutors said showcased his deception of thousands of investors in bogus deals that enabled Guo’s lavish lifestyle.
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This enabled attendees to not only take in the education in greater detail, but also to share with other stylists and colorists at their salons.
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The Nationals allowed 10 consecutive batters to reach base, eight of them via hits, including three extra-base hits and the two pivotal home runs.
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The team will now be allowed to travel to Seattle two days before the game, allowing for an extra day beyond the 24-hour window given to Team Melli for its first two games.
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The 34-year-old democratic socialist's choices were pitted against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, also of New York, in what will likely be viewed as a big and successful early test at establishing a new faction within the national party.
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Elsewhere in New York, Mayor Zohran Mamdani is trying to prove his democratic socialist political movement can outlast his own campaign and reshape Congress.
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That ban lasts for the duration of the agreement, which Lightfoot authorized for Bally’s in 2022 and is now at the center of another political fight under Johnson.
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Some studies have shown that estrogen can help protect the heart, but the FDA hasn’t authorized it for this use.
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At least 40 people were reported to have drowned in France while swimming in unsupervised areas to seek relief from the heat over the last few days.
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Invoice Home Co-Founder and CEO Petr Marek emphasized the financial and security risks of unsupervised AI, and said while adoption is growing, consumers must establish clear parameters and maintain human oversight when permitting AI to handle checkout tasks or sensitive payment information.
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“Empowered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empowered. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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