1
as in to enable
to give official or legal power to
the federal agency empowered to collect taxes
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as in to let
to make able or possible
workshops in financial management to empower workers to plan for their retirement
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Recent Examples of empower
Students also are empowered to make their own decisions, from which marker their teacher will use on the whiteboard to new menu suggestions.
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Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 13 July 2025
Moreover, removing this rule will empower law enforcement to crack down on international trafficking rings more effectively, protecting consumers and honest businesses alike.
—Steve Pociask, Boston Herald, 12 July 2025
As the communist leader Robert Mugabe is elected, his declarations empower Africans to take up residence on the farmland, and her imperialist grasp slips, the beginning of the end for this family here.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 12 July 2025
As digital environments grow increasingly complex, security graphs are quickly becoming indispensable for understanding system access and network activity and empowering security teams to better anticipate, detect and contain breaches.
—Ben Verghese, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
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Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 13 July 2025
Moreover, removing this rule will empower law enforcement to crack down on international trafficking rings more effectively, protecting consumers and honest businesses alike.
—Steve Pociask, Boston Herald, 12 July 2025
As the communist leader Robert Mugabe is elected, his declarations empower Africans to take up residence on the farmland, and her imperialist grasp slips, the beginning of the end for this family here.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 12 July 2025
As digital environments grow increasingly complex, security graphs are quickly becoming indispensable for understanding system access and network activity and empowering security teams to better anticipate, detect and contain breaches.
—Ben Verghese, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for empower
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This enables the high-magnitude flow of campaign donations toward pollution-friendly actions in Tallahassee.—
Mel Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
22 July 2025
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What would be surprising would be to see an editorial demanding that the Donald Trump administration stop enabling the Israeli genocide in Gaza that has been destroying life for Gaza’s 2.3 million Palestinians for the past 21 months.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
22 July 2025
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New features and technologies elevate the quality of car audio, letting brands famous for everything from the loudspeakers at Woodstock to today’s most immersive theaters take their act on the road.—
Mark Phelan,
Freep.com,
27 July 2025
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And instead of the usual frantic panic, Jarmusch lets the apocalypse unfold with bizarre calmness: Murray and Driver patrol in sloth-like formation, Zelda welds coffins for fun and Jarmusch himself even pops up onscreen as Officer Ronnie’s aging hippie father.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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But radio stations could go dark or cut programming after Congress voted to claw back federal funds given through Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private nonprofit authorized by Congress in 1967.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
19 July 2025
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Simply put, Global Payments, as a merchant acquirer, acts as a middleman between the merchant and card network to authorize and facilitate transactions.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
19 July 2025
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That approval came in September, allowing the company to market the feature as an over-the-counter medical tool.—
Anisha Sircar,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Michael, 47, and Kerry, 46, were convicted of the murder of the toddler, per the post, while his mother, Shannon, 28, was convicted of causing or allowing his death.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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“Empower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empower. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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