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
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
Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
Republicans in Washington are empowered—and eager—to investigate, embarrass, and punish the higher-education field.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 9 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.
—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
Under the foreign subsidies regulation, the commission is empowered to probe financial contributions of at least €250 million granted by non-EU governments to companies operating in the region.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
Republicans in Washington are empowered—and eager—to investigate, embarrass, and punish the higher-education field.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for empowered
Adjective
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And there were already many claims being made for the nearly $4 billion worth of liberated slaves.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
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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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The program has enabled 17,000 upgrades in Maryland, including 10,500 in key areas near the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coast.—
CBS Baltimore Staff,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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The Flow’s higher resolution is enabled by a new open-source display controller board called Enchanter.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
18 June 2026
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Tents and canopies are not allowed on Sunset Point, and RV parking will be available on the paddock are near the casino.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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Some imagery on the shirt, depicting Haitian revolutionaries from the early 1800s, was declared political and therefore not allowed, having fallen foul of FIFA’s often quite stringent rules around kits at World Cups.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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George’s bid for the party’s nomination is not so far removed from democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s upset victory for New York City mayor last year.—
Jesse Bedayn,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
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Questions about democratic norms have also resurfaced because Fujimori never fully accepted her defeats in either 2016 or 2021.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
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Rollins credited the administration's crackdown on fraud and recipients who aren't legally authorized to be in the country, as well as the new rules.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
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In 2022, the Biden administration authorized an American company to finance and invest in a private business in Cuba, but the Cuban government never approved it.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
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Victoriano pleaded guilty to obstructing arrest and received unsupervised probation.—
Shannon Tyler
June 17,
Idaho Statesman,
17 June 2026
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However, in October of that year, the woman was left alone and unsupervised when a man who also lived at the facility entered her room and raped her, according to a lawsuit filed last year in Cook County on the woman’s behalf, charging negligence by Albany Care.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
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“Empowered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empowered. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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