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as in enabling
to give official or legal power to
the federal agency empowered to collect taxes
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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
This means empowering domain experts with low-code tools, seamlessly integrating diverse AI models and data sources, and establishing traceable, sanctioned AI paths to manage unsanctioned use.
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Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
With no deals available to get real value back for Randle, Connelly decided to make a move that would prioritize empowering the team’s young core over finding help from outside of the team.
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Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
In my assessment, meaningful reforms focus on empowering registers of deeds to substantively review suspicious documents before recording them; simplifying and expediting quiet title proceedings; and expanding civil remedies so victims can recover the costs associated with clearing their title.
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Donovan McCarty,
The Conversation,
22 June 2026
Funds from the purchases will support Redress, an organization that is dedicated to empowering sustainable designers.
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Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
22 June 2026
Parents Helping Parents is focused on empowering families of children with emotional, behavioral or mental health needs.
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Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz has declared a 90-day state of emergency, empowering the military to clear road blockades that have cut off La Paz and other cities from fuel and food.
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Paola Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
Agutu is a vocal advocate for empowering Black creators and was invited to The White House by Jill Biden and Antony Blinken for its International Women of Courage event.
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Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
15 June 2026
The Gary location honors her legacy of advocating for social justice and equality, empowering women.
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Sue Ellen Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
With no deals available to get real value back for Randle, Connelly decided to make a move that would prioritize empowering the team’s young core over finding help from outside of the team.
—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
In my assessment, meaningful reforms focus on empowering registers of deeds to substantively review suspicious documents before recording them; simplifying and expediting quiet title proceedings; and expanding civil remedies so victims can recover the costs associated with clearing their title.
—
Donovan McCarty,
The Conversation,
22 June 2026
Funds from the purchases will support Redress, an organization that is dedicated to empowering sustainable designers.
—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
22 June 2026
Parents Helping Parents is focused on empowering families of children with emotional, behavioral or mental health needs.
—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz has declared a 90-day state of emergency, empowering the military to clear road blockades that have cut off La Paz and other cities from fuel and food.
—
Paola Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
Agutu is a vocal advocate for empowering Black creators and was invited to The White House by Jill Biden and Antony Blinken for its International Women of Courage event.
—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
15 June 2026
The Gary location honors her legacy of advocating for social justice and equality, empowering women.
—
Sue Ellen Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for empowering
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Drones offer a potential alternative cover crop seeding method by enabling interseeding of cover crops, the practice of planting one crop into another crop before harvest.
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Built around a three-dimensional architecture, the technology is designed to improve flexibility while reducing weight and enabling more uniform current distribution.
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Create together, letting goodwill guide the next draft forward.
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The Property Brothers star, 48, got candid about previously letting his work bleed too much into his home life, to the point where his 4-year-old son, Parker, started noticing.
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However, because agentic systems can execute actions independently, an error can become a severe operational failure, such as authorizing fraudulent transactions or deleting mission-critical databases.
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Rather than authorizing private helipads citywide, the amendment would apply only to the industrial zoning district on Terminal Island, where Griffin’s marina is under construction.
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The order aimed to create a voluntary mechanism for AI companies to give the government early access to their most advanced systems, allowing officials to vet the models for security risks before their public release.
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They both were granted bail, allowing Brown to go on with his stadium tour this year.
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