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
In that scenario, your role would be to create an environment where people feel heard, empowered and psychologically safe. — Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 8 May 2026 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
Verb
Shanahan has even empowered Lynch — who was hired by Shanahan to be a political figurehead a decade ago — to be the true GM of the team over the years. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 25 July 2026 These two models exist simultaneously in Jewish history in the image of uprooted and powerless Jews on the one hand and rooted and empowered Jews on the other. — Literary Hub, 24 July 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
  • And there were already many claims being made for the nearly $4 billion worth of liberated slaves.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
  • 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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Verb
  • This is being enabled by newer architectures like compute-in-memory that will increase performance and reduce costs.
    — Lee-Lean Shu, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • That feeds back into the cycle of innovation and has enabled Ukrainian companies to take huge risks in developing drones, robots and other weapons, while learning from failures on how to harden their systems for modern battlefields.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of enabled
Verb
  • Nola has allowed at least one home run in 16 of 22 starts this year, including four straight and eight of his last nine.
    — Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Tolle allowed two runs, both on a homer from Teoscar Hernández, but stranded the bases loaded in an impressive second inning.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of allowed
Adjective
  • This straightforward policy solution would bring more people into the democratic project.
    — Susan Ostermann, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • But as left-leaning Democrats and democratic socialists like New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who is Muslim, score wins in local and national races, Republicans have repeatedly decried the party's progressive wing as communists devoid of religion.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
Definition of democratic
Verb
  • The shots were extensively tested for safety before they were authorized for emergency use, with the FDA requiring at least two months of follow-up safety data after vaccinating trial participants.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) authorized on Sunday the use of federal funds to battle several fires, including the Autumn Lane Fire in Spokane County.
    — Melissa Griffin, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of authorized
Adjective
  • Recent incidents expose critical security risks with autonomous AI agents, which act unsupervised using credentials and tools.
    — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The routine is repetitive, highly structured and designed to leave little unsupervised time.
    — Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
Definition of unsupervised

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