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
Despite Taft’s pleas stressing the need to sustain these changes beyond his tenure, Congress was tired of the empowerment of the executive by Republican presidents Theodore Roosevelt, followed by Taft, and had no incentive to support reorganization.
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Laura Ellyn Smith, The Conversation, 9 May 2025
The Foundation raises funds to support medical research, health institutions, wellness education and empowerment.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 7 May 2025
To react to this desire by changing one’s body rather than one’s society is, for the TERF, to pick the wrong fight; bodily modification is not empowerment but submission.
—S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 2 May 2025
Knowles’ book Matriarch—of which an exclusive excerpt lives on Vogue—is an intimate, candid story told across multiple generations of family, injected with her wisdom and stories of empowerment, Black motherhood, loss, heartbreak, perseverance, and ambition.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 2 May 2025
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Laura Ellyn Smith, The Conversation, 9 May 2025
The Foundation raises funds to support medical research, health institutions, wellness education and empowerment.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 7 May 2025
To react to this desire by changing one’s body rather than one’s society is, for the TERF, to pick the wrong fight; bodily modification is not empowerment but submission.
—S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 2 May 2025
Knowles’ book Matriarch—of which an exclusive excerpt lives on Vogue—is an intimate, candid story told across multiple generations of family, injected with her wisdom and stories of empowerment, Black motherhood, loss, heartbreak, perseverance, and ambition.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for empowerment
mandate
Noun
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In fact, Moody’s was quite clear that Maryland’s future unfunded mandates were the main cause.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
16 May 2025
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Modernisation and the government mandate for all-seater stadia in the wake of the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 have led to a significant reduction in capacity.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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“Empowerment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empowerment. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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