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as in enabled
to give official or legal power to
the federal agency empowered to collect taxes
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as in allowed
to make able or possible
workshops in financial management to empower workers to plan for their retirement
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Recent Examples of empowered
Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 8 Feb. 2026
An empowered landscape creates empowered people, and the reverse is also true.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Apr. 2026
States are empowered under Article 1, Section 4, of the Constitution to conduct elections and set the time, place and manner of those elections.
—John E. Jones Iii, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Saturn in Aries activates your relationship with money, values, and self-worth, beginning a new phase of building stability from a more empowered place.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 8 Feb. 2026
An empowered landscape creates empowered people, and the reverse is also true.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
The bill created the Federal Radio Commission (FRC) and empowered it to oversee federal control of the airwaves.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Apr. 2026
States are empowered under Article 1, Section 4, of the Constitution to conduct elections and set the time, place and manner of those elections.
—John E. Jones Iii, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026
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Verb
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The ramp-up, supported by custom software and over 150 networked workstations, has enabled the delivery of more than 350 units.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Apr. 2026
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Clarity provides a digital workspace where students draft assignments and, when enabled by their teacher, consult approved AI tools for feedback along the way.—
TIME Contributors,
Time,
29 Apr. 2026
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Soriano allowed three runs on six hits with six strikeouts and three walks in five innings.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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If catchers, pitchers, or hitters believed an umpire missed a call, they were suddenly allowed to challenge it.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Freyre said he's been dreaming of a liberated Cuba since almost immediately after Castro took over.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The movie includes footage of real historical tragedies — harrowing video from liberated concentration camps — along with contemporaneous ones, like the crash of PSA Flight 182, which happened less than two months before Faces of Death was released.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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Prosecutors say Maduro and Rodriguez authorized a series of payments totaling $20 million under terms of the PDV USA contract before having a falling out with Rivera’s group by the end of 2017.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
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The fire knocked out electricity and propulsion on the destroyer, one of the officials told CBS News, speaking under condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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But the king said despite the fundamental disagreement between the countries, the United States inherited its democratic values from the United Kingdom.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Yet in the past, many of us still looked with a certain envy at the strength of the country’s institutions, the independence of its media, and the willingness of its citizens to engage in democratic life.—
Nataliya Gumenyuk,
The Dial,
21 Apr. 2026
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The report also found that children under age five were being housed in unsupervised hotel rooms.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Rooms at the very top of the palace may not be suitable for unsupervised children.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Empowered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empowered. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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