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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
Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 8 Feb. 2026
An empowered landscape creates empowered people, and the reverse is also true.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
Whomever Dumont hires, the person has to be empowered to build the roster and staff to his liking.
—Mac Engel
april 13, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Saturn in Aries activates your relationship with money, values, and self-worth, beginning a new phase of building stability from a more empowered place.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 8 Feb. 2026
An empowered landscape creates empowered people, and the reverse is also true.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
And while the past regime did have good leadership at times, it can also be argued that the wrong players were empowered in 2024, the season that everything began to fall apart for then-coach Mike McDaniel and staff.
—Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
Whomever Dumont hires, the person has to be empowered to build the roster and staff to his liking.
—Mac Engel
april 13, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2026
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Juan Carlos Thola Duran, 59, admitted Monday to leading a scheme that enabled organized theft crews with a majority traveling from South America to help carry out burglaries, retail thefts and fraud in Southern California and across multiple states, according to federal prosecutors.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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What social structures enabled Musk and his peers to acquire so much power, such that their messianic techno-reactionary futurism is a real threat rather than just fodder for b-rate science fiction?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
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After entering the game tied at 3 in the ninth, Mets closer Devin Williams allowed two runs in a disastrous final frame to fall to the Twins 5-3 and record their 12th loss in a row, their longest streak since 2002.—
James O'Connell,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2026
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The Hawks only allowed five runs in two games behind the pitching of Pelz, Yario and Colaizzi.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 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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The movie includes footage of real historical tragedies — harrowing video from liberated concentration camps — along with contemporaneous ones, like the crash of PSA Flight 182, which happened less than two months before Faces of Death was released.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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The potential deal has been shared with various creditor groups, according to the people, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the talks.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2026
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According to a law enforcement source who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly, Cardenas was believed to have been inducted into the Mexican Mafia around 2022.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Yet in the past, many of us still looked with a certain envy at the strength of the country’s institutions, the independence of its media, and the willingness of its citizens to engage in democratic life.—
Nataliya Gumenyuk,
The Dial,
21 Apr. 2026
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These are very challenging times, and the police, in all their forms, can play a significant role in sustaining democratic values.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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Unlike in Austin, where commercial rides initially had a human supervisor behind the wheel, rides in Dallas and Houston are completely unsupervised from the get-go.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
20 Apr. 2026
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The fights occurred despite the Department of Parks and Recreation hosting events for teens in an attempt to provide a safe, structured alternative to unsupervised events.—
Mike Stunson,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Empowered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empowered. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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