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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as in enfranchised
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Recent Examples of empowered
John Hopewell, Variety, 29 July 2025
If supported by voters, this new structure would combine the accountability and expertise of the council-manager system with an empowered mayor.
—Nate Miley, Mercury News, 17 July 2025
Bessemer Venture Partners, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Harris empowered Peters to do his job.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
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Verb
The changes in Pao’s body are a vital and empowered metaphor for this process, which is so often portrayed merely as decline.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 29 July 2025
If supported by voters, this new structure would combine the accountability and expertise of the council-manager system with an empowered mayor.
—Nate Miley, Mercury News, 17 July 2025
Adjective
Following compilation, our expert panel of distinguished cloud industry veterans conducts the evaluation and ranking process, with these leaders also empowered to suggest additional companies for consideration.
—Bessemer Venture Partners, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Harris empowered Peters to do his job.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for empowered
Verb
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The findings demonstrated that the scaffold not only supported cell survival but also enabled reconnection across a severe injury.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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Notably, the kill switch can only be enabled while using Mimic.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Born three months premature, the quads spent about 10 weeks in the hospital in Boston before three of them were allowed to go home.—
Jeff Truesdell,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Murders on public transit like that of Iryna Zarutska should never be allowed to happen again.—
Adeola Adeosun
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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And, since Congress expects workers and employers to be (cough) creative when characterizing wages as tips to avoid paying taxes on otherwise taxable income, Treasury is authorized to issue additional guidance to prevent abuse.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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The team raked in nearly $250 million in sponsorship revenue in 2024, behind only the Cowboys, according to another person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named because they were not authorized to speak publicly.—
Michael Ozanian,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Those phrases, used among student protestors to voice support for a liberated Palestinian people, were viewed by some in the Jewish community as manifestations of hate.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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Similar themes crop up in the opera: Four female astronauts board a spaceship in hope of preserving the human race on a new planet, only for their mission to be privatized halfway through the journey by a venture capitalist, their liberated lives suddenly jeopardized.—
Hugh Morris,
New York Times,
25 July 2025
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In 2024, the JAAA offered about $2,300 to each track and field athlete who qualified for the Olympics.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Both teams entered the contest with high expectations, having qualified for the playoffs in the 2024 season.—
Erik Anderson,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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These constituencies view the sanctions and the tariffs as otherwise legal instruments weaponized for geopolitical purposes—and as direct affronts to Brazil’s democratic integrity.—
HUSSEIN KALOUT,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Sep. 2025
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Some who hail from non-democratic countries seem especially adept at choosing their words.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This can mean secure, locked firearm storage, which limits unauthorized or unsupervised firearm access.—
Emmy Betz,
The Conversation,
5 Sep. 2025
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Residents on the street don’t allow their children to play in front unsupervised because of the danger.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Empowered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empowered. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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