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as in letting
to make able or possible
my new glasses enable me to read the fine print
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as in empowering
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 enabling
R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026
President Biden singularly stands out in his callous enabling of the horrors inflicted on Gaza for more than a year.
—Shibley Telhami, Time, 13 Oct. 2025
Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 15 Mar. 2026
Notably, Gavin researched and built an LED tape DMX decoder, enabling him to use LED tape to highlight sets.
—Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
The Operational Land Imager (OLI) instrument on Landsat 8 can capture light in both visible and near-infrared bands, enabling it to reveal features and events on Earth's surface that would otherwise be difficult to see from ground level.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 13 Mar. 2026
The rabbi of a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, credited security training with enabling him to respond when a man took him and three congregations hostage in 2022.
—Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
The only options are remembering your login info, enabling biometric login, and allowing downloads over cellular connections.
—Justin Pot, PC Magazine, 13 Mar. 2026
Historically, the mismatch was addressed through education, which improved with each generation, enabling workers to work with new innovation.
—Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
The legislature hurriedly endorsed the sale during a special session in 2024, adopting — without a public hearing — the enabling legislation needed to allow an unregulated, nonprofit company to buy a regulated water utility.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
The provincial government passed the framework enabling the reform in 2019, but did not move forward with implementing the plan until this year.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
But removing the enabling without identifying a goal is just going to cause conflict.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026
President Biden singularly stands out in his callous enabling of the horrors inflicted on Gaza for more than a year.
—Shibley Telhami, Time, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
The setup delivered roughly 280 gigabytes per second of bandwidth, enabling the machine to process enormous datasets efficiently.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 15 Mar. 2026
Notably, Gavin researched and built an LED tape DMX decoder, enabling him to use LED tape to highlight sets.
—Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
The Operational Land Imager (OLI) instrument on Landsat 8 can capture light in both visible and near-infrared bands, enabling it to reveal features and events on Earth's surface that would otherwise be difficult to see from ground level.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 13 Mar. 2026
The rabbi of a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, credited security training with enabling him to respond when a man took him and three congregations hostage in 2022.
—Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
The only options are remembering your login info, enabling biometric login, and allowing downloads over cellular connections.
—Justin Pot, PC Magazine, 13 Mar. 2026
Historically, the mismatch was addressed through education, which improved with each generation, enabling workers to work with new innovation.
—Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
The legislature hurriedly endorsed the sale during a special session in 2024, adopting — without a public hearing — the enabling legislation needed to allow an unregulated, nonprofit company to buy a regulated water utility.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
The provincial government passed the framework enabling the reform in 2019, but did not move forward with implementing the plan until this year.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enabling
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Alcantara received plenty of support from his lineup in the form of four home runs and six strong innings from the bullpen tossed in a 7-5 win at Miami’s loanDepot park as the Dominican Republic went a perfect 4-0 in pool play.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
12 Mar. 2026
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Ecuador set to attack crime groups QUITO, Ecuador -- Ecuador will launch a major offensive against criminal organizations in three western provinces this weekend with logistical support from the United States, the interior minister said Wednesday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
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So far, Iran appears to avoiding that prospect, letting two Indian tankers cross the strait on Saturday.—
Zach LaChance,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Mar. 2026
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Take a walk without your phone, letting your ideas flow through your mind naturally.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
14 Mar. 2026
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Some of Washington’s key allies have decried the move as empowering Putin.—
Rebecca Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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The Moon is floating into your pensive sign, empowering your identity with lunar grace.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
16 Mar. 2026
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But his brain-imaging studies suggest that, during a psychedelic trip, communication between different regions of the brain becomes far less constrained than during normal consciousness, allowing new ways of thinking to emerge.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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The program focuses on opening its hardware interfaces to third-party tool and component manufacturers, allowing different tools to be easily connected and used within a plug-and-play industrial ecosystem.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2026
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There have been outbreaks of tuberculosis and measles at the site, and ICE officers have used the dangerously subpar conditions to pressure detainees to sign papers authorizing their deportation.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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And there is some certain details in terms of addressing conflicts with some of our herbicide requirements with respect to the provision authorizing the ag experiment station to conduct the herbicide treatment.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
14 Mar. 2026
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Building a Legacy at Keystone With the encouragement of mountain communities, the presence of Black visitors can only increase.—
James Edward Mills,
Outside,
15 Mar. 2026
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And before the shoes move on, every single pair receives a handwritten note with a message of hope and encouragement.—
Abraham Nudelstejer,
Dallas Morning News,
15 Mar. 2026
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In the first half of 2025, permitting was 16% below the 37-year average pace.—
Jeff Montejano,
Oc Register,
15 Mar. 2026
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Canada, where 16,499 people were medically euthanized in 2024, is likely to start permitting psychiatric euthanasia in 2027.—
Charles Lane,
The Atlantic,
15 Mar. 2026
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Platforming prominent names like Andrew Tate, the manosphere and its promotion on social media are being debated in all corners of society at present.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2026
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Organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the city’s leading trade promotion agency, the event has grown over three decades into Asia’s foremost marketplace for film and television content.—
Faye Bradley,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Enabling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enabling. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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