as in enfranchised
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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
Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Learn physical techniques that teach you to escape or survive violent attacks and learn psychological awareness and verbal skills to feel empowered and safe.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 27 May 2026
Women’s football should still feel empowered to question investment sources.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 27 May 2026
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Adjective
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
Learn physical techniques that teach you to escape or survive violent attacks and learn psychological awareness and verbal skills to feel empowered and safe.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
Verb
During a hearing about the 2026 report, Scheff told lawmakers that he had been concerned about declining reports of abuse and neglect during COVID and that 2024’s high numbers reflect training and reporting systems that have empowered staff to file more reports.
—Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 27 May 2026
Women’s football should still feel empowered to question investment sources.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 27 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for empowered
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Military historians often consider the Higgins boat one of the key logistical inventions that enabled large-scale amphibious warfare in the 20th century.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
28 May 2026
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The Missguided expansion enabled by the accelerator has scaled the brand to more than 160 countries in two years.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
28 May 2026
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Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Tuesday night allowed Alabama to use in November’s elections a new map for congressional districts that a lower federal court ruled was discriminatory to Black voters.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
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Leda was allowed to have popsicles, Jell-O, Cream of Wheat.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
Adjective
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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.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
14 May 2026
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Freyre said he's been dreaming of a liberated Cuba since almost immediately after Castro took over.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Bills worth $250 are not yet authorized.—
Ramon Padilla,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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Police are not searching for a suspect and early evidence points to a multiple murder-suicide, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the incident but not authorized to speak publicly.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2026
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In War and Peace, Tolstoy’s concept—among a million other things—was to show how the young people who lived through the Napoleonic invasion went on to lead Russia’s first democratic uprising, the Decembrist Revolt of 1825.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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But Rubio cautioned that Venezuela remains far from a democratic transition, saying the country still lacks the conditions necessary for free elections and continues to hold hundreds of political prisoners.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
2 June 2026
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City leaders said at the time that the risk of unsupervised youths becoming either perpetrators or victims increased late at night.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
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Upon his release, Ravelo will serve three years of supervised release, during which he will not be allowed to have any unsupervised contact with animals, the DOJ said.—
Sofia Saric
May 24,
Miami Herald,
24 May 2026
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“Empowered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empowered. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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