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 The Council on American-Islamic Relations is an advocacy group focused on enhancing understanding of Islam, protecting civil rights, promoting justice and empowering American Muslims, according to its website. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2026 That's the belief behind a university program committed to empowering students who are in prison. — Noel Brennan, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 Leadership must move from supervising activity to empowering execution. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Over the years, Best of Beauty became the seal that guides hands across shelves by empowering Allure readers with the knowledge of what makes a product great… long before the advent of social media and the ubiquitous #GRWM. — Hunter Lacey, Allure, 16 Oct. 2026 Bela has built and shaped a truly global Content organization, hiring brilliant people and empowering them to make good decisions. — Peter White, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026 Along with empowering her worldview, Smith and White also seemed to shape Gurdon’s prose style. — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2026 Dedicated to empowering Black Philadelphians Philadelphia Martyrs Day is an annual observance that pays homage to the five Philadelphia men who fought for Black suffrage and were killed in the 1871 election. — Timothy Welbeck, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2026 Working as a one-woman crew on the film, shooting only via iPhone, proved empowering for Loktev as a director. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for empowering
  1. enabling
  2. letting
  3. authorizing
  4. allowing
Verb
  • This gives reliability engineers a standardized baseline to track asset health over time, enabling teams to spot early signs of wear and intervene before minor issues escalate into costly plant shutdowns, according to a press release.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
  • He was removed from that list last week, enabling him to play again even though the NFLs investigation of him remains ongoing.
    — Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
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  • By letting its subjects speak for themselves without imposing judgments, the film offers a poetic view of alternative ways of life.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 24 Oct. 2026
  • San Clemente often ran two-way star Jaxson Rex out of the Wildcat formation, letting the Brigham Young commit’s athleticism take center stage.
    — Caleb Otte, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of letting
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  • Riverbank voters are set to decide Tuesday whether to approve voter approval requirements for any city council decision authorizing urban uses of agricultural or open space lands.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The government’s notice said construction could begin once that approval was finished, the Interior Department issued a final decision authorizing construction and the proper notification was published.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of authorizing
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  • Anode-less designs address part of the manufacturing challenge by allowing lithium from the cathode to deposit onto a current collector during the first charge, forming the anode in place.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Center Joint Unified’s Measure E would cost property owners an average of about $55 annually for every $100,000 of assessed value, allowing the district to borrow up to $197 million.
    — Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of allowing

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