empowering

verb

present participle of empower
1
as in enabling
to give official or legal power to the federal agency empowered to collect taxes

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2
as in letting
to make able or possible workshops in financial management to empower workers to plan for their retirement

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Recent Examples of empowering When Rodrigo announced Daisy Chain Fields, expectations were high, as fans hoped for a festival that delivered onstage and meet its mission for empowering women and girls. — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2026 Walsh says the most important step is empowering your kid to make safe, smart decisions. — Michele Marchetti, Parents, 30 Aug. 2026 Every single registration fee goes directly toward freeing, employing and empowering trafficked women. — Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2026 As mentioned above, Turkey’s deployment of TB2s in the country’s civil war in 2020 proved decisive, with these drones helping break the LNA’s siege on Tripoli and empowering GNA ground forces to repel Haftar’s fighters. — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The choice facing concerned district leaders Tuesday was between empowering a leadership willing to rig its bylaws to keep power, or a coalition willing to tolerate antisemitism to acquire it. — Doug Schneider, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026 La Colonia Community Foundation supports and enriches the historic La Colonia de Eden Gardens neighborhood by empowering local youth, preserving community heritage and providing educational scholarships and life-skills workshops. — News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 Mallouk is empowering Lee to make significant changes with serious investments in order to turn things around quickly. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026 Located in Jerusalem, al-Wasiti became, for years, the place to visit, empowering Palestinian artists exiled all over the world to return to a fountain of unity and belonging. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for empowering
  1. enabling
  2. letting
  3. authorizing
  4. allowing
Verb
  • Chaparral features interchangeable cargo pods, enabling operators to adapt the aircraft for different missions without altering its core platform.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The league leveraged a brand partnership with a wireless provider to create a club that helped balance the schedule for everyone else, enabling other teams to have an equal number of home and road games.
    — Sam Blum, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of enabling
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  • The most powerful systems of the future may therefore use both, letting electrons and photons do the jobs each is best suited for.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Georgia McCann, the sole cast member who didn’t come from rich or famous parents, quickly emerged as Next Gen’s MVP, letting her guard down in a way that juxtaposed her cast’s more polished presentability.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of letting
Verb
  • Crypto verifies the transaction, not the assumption someone made before authorizing it.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • In that case, voters had already approved an amendment in April authorizing mid-decade redistricting when the court ruled that lawmakers last year had waited too long to take an initial step necessary to qualify it for the ballot.
    — David A. Lieb, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of authorizing
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  • The company also says the platform is designed to accommodate future battery technology, potentially allowing newer packs to be used with the existing motorcycle.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Judge Tony Graf found that state prosecutors had shown probable cause, allowing the case to advance to trial.
    — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of allowing

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“Empowering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empowering. Accessed 7 Sep. 2026.

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