empowered 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of empowerednext
as in enfranchised

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empowered

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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 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
Anderson said a committee of survivors who spent thousands of hours over the last three years negotiating with Cordileone is empowered with establishing protocols on how to distribute the funds. — ABC News, 29 June 2026 By the mid-17th century, in what would later become the Massachusetts Bay Colony, courts were empowered to hear and determine all causes of divorce. — Patricia Fersch, Forbes.com, 30 June 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
Definition of liberated
Verb
  • Shortstop Miguel Rojas, who botched a grounder to his left earlier in the inning that enabled a run to score, was late breaking to cover third, leaving the bag wide open.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • The research insights enabled Microsoft to evolve its narratives and solutions in ways that resonated more authentically with how people actually live and work.
    — Tim Wragg, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of enabled
Verb
  • That allowed the Saudis to get its oil out via the Red Sea – not an option for Iraq and Kuwait, whose only seaports lie in the Persian Gulf.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • Apple examines each application and each update of every third-party app, and if these don’t meet Apple’s definition of acceptable, then they are not allowed to be installed.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of allowed
Adjective
  • The state’s Holocaust Education Bill, passed in 1994, requires every school district to teach the Holocaust with the explicit aim of building tolerance, nurturing democratic values, and confronting what indifference produces.
    — Masha Pearl, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2026
  • All of the democratic socialist legislators, including then-Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani, were smart enough to stay away, figuring this was not the moment to cheer Hamas, even for those committed to the Palestinian cause.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of democratic
Verb
  • Many of them spoke on the condition of anonymity because their exchanges were private or they are not authorized to speak on the record.
    — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • Wellcare terminated coverage for about 140,000 Value Script beneficiaries in April, according to a person with knowledge of the matter who was not authorized to speak publicly about it and feared reprisals at work for doing so.
    — Susan Jaffe, NPR, 6 July 2026
Definition of authorized
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, some data suggests an increase in swimming pool construction and increases in unsupervised swimming, said Tessa Clemens, the CDC Foundation’s senior director for drowning prevention initiatives.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
  • Camp North End instituted a curfew for unsupervised minors starting in April after teen takeovers took place there, and Birkdale Village in Huntersville put a similar set of policies in place in February.
    — Diamy Wang, Charlotte Observer, 29 June 2026
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