empowers

verb

present tense third-person singular of empower
1
as in enables
to give official or legal power to the federal agency empowered to collect taxes

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2
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 This strategy empowers community banks with advanced AI, fulfilling Jack Henry's mission for their success. — Peter High, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 While some abilities, like spotting vulnerabilities in software, are useful to attackers and defenders, designing exploits for those vulnerabilities uniquely empowers attackers. — Harry Booth, Time, 24 July 2026 This open approach, AMD contends, empowers the company to collaborate with diverse players such as semiconductor firm Cerebras to blend different compute technologies. — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 23 July 2026 The state Constitution empowers the New York City mayor to appoint judges to the city’s Criminal and Family Courts for 10-year terms, and to fill interim vacancies on Civil Court. — Christian Browne, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026 Letting kids explore freely empowers them to find excitement in books. — Sarah Scott, Parents, 9 July 2026 That stable early demand empowers companies to raise capital, build technologies, and develop capabilities that would be far too risky or expensive to pursue on speculation. — Chris Carberry, Space.com, 7 July 2026 Staying in the loop empowers you to make informed decisions regarding outdoor engagements during air quality alerts. — Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 4 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for empowers
  1. enables
  2. lets
  3. authorizes
  4. allows
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  • This enables comprehensive pre-arrival planning, reducing friction for guests and maximizing ancillary revenue for hotels.
    — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
  • This approach enables manufacturers to improve computing performance while overcoming the physical limits of traditional chip scaling.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026
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  • By restoring full expensing for equipment purchases and research and development, the law lets businesses invest in growing instead of taxing those investments.
    — Kent Strang, Boston Herald, 26 July 2026
  • Perhaps the Codex Micro’s most interesting feature is a rotary dial that lets the user adjust the agent’s reasoning level depending on the difficulty of the task.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 July 2026
Definition of lets
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  • This is a secure payment protocol that authorizes and verifies purchases made by AI agents, ensuring user consent, payment authentication, and accountability during transactions.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • The law authorizes a pilot program offering grants and forgivable loans to address a range of repair needs and health hazards.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Definition of authorizes
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  • The public sector’s service mission allows officials to consider AI as a tool to optimize services, Justie said, while companies with a profit focus might choose a different path.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026
  • The test of OpenAI’s models was supposed to take place in a digital sandbox, a supposedly inescapable lab environment that allows researchers to roll back safety barriers to discover the tool’s maximum hacking power.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 29 July 2026
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