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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
Oliver Darcy, CNN, 17 July 2024
The women are so empowered, and there are shades of lesbianism as well.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 19 June 2024
Michael Horowitz, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Predictive analytics have now empowered commercial real estate landlords to take a proactive approach to leasing and tenant engagement and have provided them with the ability to anticipate and take action on future tenant behavior to make the best decisions for their portfolio today.
—Ryan Masiello, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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If anything, the staff at 30 Rock might feel more empowered to speak out against network brass after the events of the last few months.
—Oliver Darcy, CNN, 17 July 2024
The women are so empowered, and there are shades of lesbianism as well.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 19 June 2024
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Part of this culture includes making sure employees feel empowered to report any concerns without fear of retaliation.
—Michael Horowitz, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Predictive analytics have now empowered commercial real estate landlords to take a proactive approach to leasing and tenant engagement and have provided them with the ability to anticipate and take action on future tenant behavior to make the best decisions for their portfolio today.
—Ryan Masiello, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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There is no costly downside now that Google has done away with the requirement to purchase two expensive hardware security keys and enabled the use of a Google passkey instead.Davey Winder, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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The researchers discovered that the women who had the highest number of live births exhibited a unique set of blood and heart characteristics that enabled more efficient oxygen delivery to their cells.Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2024
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Ultimately, the environmental benefit allowed Caltrain to receive a waiver by the air quality management district to keep the locomotives in operation.Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
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But the unit, which is last in the ACC in points allowed, forced Louisville to turn the ball over on downs at the Stanford 45 with five seconds left.Harold Gutmann, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Under Marsch, appointed less than two months ago, Canada looks liberated but not unfocused.Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 5 July 2024
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Try to live life in a more free and liberated way in August.Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2024
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The sources spoke on condition of anonymity because they’re not authorized to speak publicly.David Ingram, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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The filing also details a stock repurchase program authorized by the board to purchase up to $20,000,000 of common stock.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
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Her long record as a foreign policy dissident under both Democratic and Republican presidents will give Senate hawks plenty to scrutinize — and, perhaps, to excoriate.Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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Kennedy, who ran for the Democratic nomination then as an independent candidate before dropping out and endorsing Trump, espouses debunked views on public health—including skepticism about the efficacy of childhood vaccines and the Covid-19 vaccine.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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Tesla’s autopilot system, which is not yet capable of unsupervised self driving, eschews Lidar and relies on sensors and a suite of eight cameras that provide a 360-degree view around the vehicle.Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
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Tesla will bring unsupervised, full self-driving capabilities to existing Tesla Model 3 and Model Y cars in Texas and California next year.Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Empowered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empowered. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.
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