1
as in allowed
to make able or possible
my new glasses enable me to read the fine print
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as in empowered
to give official or legal power to
a law that would enable the authorities to inspect food preparation areas for health code violations
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Recent Examples of enabled
This approach has enabled Apex to scale quickly while maintaining the stability and resources associated with a corporate partnership.
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William Jones, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Beyond its nuclear-deterrence mission, the B-2’s long range and payload capacity have enabled it to deliver large munitions at a distance.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
And that sensitivity enabled the collaboration to record the sharpest gravitational wave signal thus far, dubbed GW250114.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
Otherwise, the sheer magnitude of America’s natural gas resource has enabled drillers to quickly overwhelm temporary spikes in prices by activating a number of additional drillings and driving prices back down with higher production volumes.
—David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The meeting was enabled by India and China finally completing the disengagement of thousands of soldiers each deployed at the border in close proximity.
—Shyam Saran, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Once available, Lossless must be manually enabled on mobile, desktop, or tablet.
—PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2025
This move not only improved processing speeds substantially but also enabled seamless AI and analytics integration.
—Gowtham Chilakapati, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
That launch enabled Alanui to reach different clusters of customers, as the label’s target is currently aged 20 to over 60 years old.
—Sandra Salibian, WWD, 21 Mar. 2025
William Jones, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Beyond its nuclear-deterrence mission, the B-2’s long range and payload capacity have enabled it to deliver large munitions at a distance.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
And that sensitivity enabled the collaboration to record the sharpest gravitational wave signal thus far, dubbed GW250114.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
Otherwise, the sheer magnitude of America’s natural gas resource has enabled drillers to quickly overwhelm temporary spikes in prices by activating a number of additional drillings and driving prices back down with higher production volumes.
—David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The meeting was enabled by India and China finally completing the disengagement of thousands of soldiers each deployed at the border in close proximity.
—Shyam Saran, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Once available, Lossless must be manually enabled on mobile, desktop, or tablet.
—PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2025
This move not only improved processing speeds substantially but also enabled seamless AI and analytics integration.
—Gowtham Chilakapati, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
That launch enabled Alanui to reach different clusters of customers, as the label’s target is currently aged 20 to over 60 years old.
—Sandra Salibian, WWD, 21 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enabled
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Born three months premature, the quads spent about 10 weeks in the hospital in Boston before three of them were allowed to go home.—
Jeff Truesdell,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Murders on public transit like that of Iryna Zarutska should never be allowed to happen again.—
Adeola Adeosun
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Wax Child is an eerie, unsettling book about a group of women who have apparently been possessed and empowered by a tall and headless Devil.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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In January 2015, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud acceded to the throne and promptly empowered his son, Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), to launch a far-reaching program of reform.—
Ali Shihabi,
Time,
8 Sep. 2025
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This budding technique involves comparing DNA samples to those accessible on public genetic databases which law enforcement is permitted to access.—
Claire Lempert,
ABC News,
12 Sep. 2025
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Although Canon had mandated that the Cat's programmability be suppressed, the IAI team nevertheless maintained the ability to compute expressions, which Canon permitted as an extension of the editor metaphor.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Under the measure, which the legislature is considering this week, doctors, pharmacists and others authorized to prescribe the drugs to end a pregnancy could leave their name off the prescription label.—
Patrick Adams,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
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In June, grocery workers in at least five states authorized strikes in an escalating series of labor actions against Albertsons and Kroger, which included some Safeway stores.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Brazil have qualified for next year’s World Cup, held in the United States, Canada and Mexico, after finishing fifth in the 10-team Conmebol standings.—
Leon Imber,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Argentina had already qualified for the 2026 World Cup atop the CONMEBOL standings.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Enabled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enabled. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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