1
as in enables
to give official or legal power to
the federal agency empowered to collect taxes
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as in lets
to make able or possible
workshops in financial management to empower workers to plan for their retirement
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Recent Examples of empowers
The proposal also empowers the office to seek a court order to freeze funds to program recipients if suspected of fraud.
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Beret Leone, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
The goal is to transition from direct deployments to a platform model that empowers integrators to deliver solutions at speed and scale.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
So terrible and tragic decision, which only empowers Russia to make war more fully against Ukraine.
—NBC news, 15 Mar. 2026
And it has been understood that the Constitution empowers presidents to act quickly in an emergency.
—Sam Gringlas, NPR, 10 Mar. 2026
What’s clear is this law empowers the president to deploy tariffs for up to 150 days.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 1 Mar. 2026
Congress, for instance, empowers the government to pass rules that will protect health.
—Sean Tucker, AJC.com, 27 Feb. 2026
ProPublica ultimately created a first-of-its-kind tool that empowers consumers to find the information themselves.
—Zara Norman, ProPublica, 26 Feb. 2026
Section 122 of the 1974 Trade Act empowers the president to implement tariffs of up to 15% for up to 150 days.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
Beret Leone, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
The goal is to transition from direct deployments to a platform model that empowers integrators to deliver solutions at speed and scale.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
So terrible and tragic decision, which only empowers Russia to make war more fully against Ukraine.
—NBC news, 15 Mar. 2026
And it has been understood that the Constitution empowers presidents to act quickly in an emergency.
—Sam Gringlas, NPR, 10 Mar. 2026
What’s clear is this law empowers the president to deploy tariffs for up to 150 days.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 1 Mar. 2026
Congress, for instance, empowers the government to pass rules that will protect health.
—Sean Tucker, AJC.com, 27 Feb. 2026
ProPublica ultimately created a first-of-its-kind tool that empowers consumers to find the information themselves.
—Zara Norman, ProPublica, 26 Feb. 2026
Section 122 of the 1974 Trade Act empowers the president to implement tariffs of up to 15% for up to 150 days.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for empowers
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The United States and China are targeting landing humans on Mars in the 2030s, with the intention of building infrastructure that enables long-term habitation.—
Scott Solomon,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2026
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According to Google threat intelligence VP Sandra Joyce, this approach is no longer valid, especially given the speed and scale that AI enables for cyberattackers.—
Neil J. Rubenking,
PC Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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This gives us some nice visuals and lets the movie communicate Grace's homesickness.—
Matthew Razak,
Space.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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Mail‑in voting lets eligible American voters cast a ballot without showing up at a polling place on Election Day.—
Terry Moseley,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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In March 2024, the county retained a private law firm to represent it in the Murray case under a contract that authorizes paying the firm up to $150,000 per year for five years.—
David Plymyer,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Mar. 2026
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In California, only one type of criminal conviction — for assault using a motor vehicle as a deadly instrument — authorizes a court to strip away someone’s license forever.—
Rachel Swan,
San Francisco Chronicle,
25 Mar. 2026
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McConnell wrote that his final judgment allows the United States to start to use the Federal Debt Collection Procedure to collect the payment.—
Jack Perry,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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This innovation allows satellites to operate sustainably at very low altitudes, known as Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO).—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Empowers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empowers. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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