as in mandate
the granting of power to perform various acts or duties
the empowerment of her husband to make medical decisions on her behalf is clearly stated in her living will
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Recent Examples of empowerment
Her most recent album, 143, is a bouncy, brain-dead paean to pleasure and uncomplicated empowerment.
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Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
But Brendle took it on as a vehicle to tell a more global story of female emancipation, empowerment, and rights.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025
The main theme revolved around resilience and female empowerment, with a lot of metaphors about gemstones, which symbolize how women are resilient.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 10 Apr. 2025
These partnerships represent a significant shift in marketing strategy where brands are positioning their products and services not just as commercial offerings but as extensions of personal empowerment and community building.
—Shelley E. Kohan, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
But Brendle took it on as a vehicle to tell a more global story of female emancipation, empowerment, and rights.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025
The main theme revolved around resilience and female empowerment, with a lot of metaphors about gemstones, which symbolize how women are resilient.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 10 Apr. 2025
These partnerships represent a significant shift in marketing strategy where brands are positioning their products and services not just as commercial offerings but as extensions of personal empowerment and community building.
—Shelley E. Kohan, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for empowerment
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While Google has been gradually nudging employees back to the office, this latest move amounts to a crack down on workers dodging the hybrid-schedule mandates.—
Shannon Carroll,
Quartz,
24 Apr. 2025
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In 2011, just before a tsunami engulfed the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, the Swiss parliament had discussed discontinuing the 1963 shelter mandate.—
Jessi Jezewska Stevens,
The Dial,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Empowerment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empowerment. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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