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
There’s little precedent for our federal government to prosecute crimes of the empowered elite. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 4 June 2026 Greater impact feeds your empowered mindset, and the cycle continues. — Daren Smith, IndieWire, 27 May 2026
Verb
That is in large part, Steiker said, because of a deferential judicial approach to the execution process, which has consistently empowered states to carry out executions. — ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026 Zirin handily establishes that Zinn’s intention was to make readers feel empowered, not ashamed. — Barbara Spindel, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 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
  • The slide-out kitchen stores away under the bed so as not to take up any of the liberated floor space.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The liberated bundle then touches down somewhere else in the genome, where native DNA repair processes paste it in.
    — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
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  • But the Houthis hold significant territory along Yemen's Red Sea coast, which has enabled them to threaten vessels there and in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the southern gateway to the Red Sea and another key chokepoint for global energy supplies.
    — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Besides profound conversation, HomeView, when paired with a compatible Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone or iPad, can use personal context from apps such as Messages and Calendar to garner more relevant responses.
    — muskanbhatia, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of enabled
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  • The technology allowed the referees to communicate with the replay center about reviews, scoring changes and clock malfunctions.
    — Jessica Golden, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The Department of Justice argued the new rules went beyond what the First Step Act allowed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of allowed
Adjective
  • Increasingly anti-democratic practices could become normalized, and not only on the right.
    — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Last year's laureate was Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, awarded for her work promoting democratic rights in the country.
    — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of democratic
Verb
  • Iamaleava is expected to miss the rest of this season with a knee injury, according to a person with knowledge of the injury not authorized to discuss it publicly.
    — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Details surface about airport fatalities The attack struck an airport complex housing terminals 3 and 4 for domestic flights, a regional official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak to the media.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of authorized
Adjective
  • Electrolyte disturbances during unsupervised fasts can destabilize the heart and trigger arrhythmias.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Ada County Magistrate Judge Laurie Fortier sentenced Chavez to six months of unsupervised probation, and he is required to complete an anger management course within three months of sentencing.
    — Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 23 Sep. 2026
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