1
as in to enable
to give official or legal power to
the federal agency empowered to collect taxes
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2
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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Offshore and domestic trusts can be structured to enable generational transfer while preserving legal separation.—
Blake Harris,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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The Tapo app detects motion and enables you to set activity zones and privacy zones.—
Parker Hall,
Wired News,
10 July 2025
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Nvidia is recommending a mitigation for customers of one of its GPU product lines that will degrade performance by up to 10 percent in a bid to protect users from exploits that could let hackers sabotage work projects and possibly cause other compromises.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
14 July 2025
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Two new developments will let the company do even more to bolster its streaming operations.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
14 July 2025
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On Sunday, President Donald Trump signed a Major Disaster Declaration authorizing federal disaster aid and activating the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).—
Nikki McCann Ramirez,
Rolling Stone,
7 July 2025
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Lopez told Murray on Wednesday that he's no longer authorized to sell Infowars' assets and vacated the September order that detailed the terms of the auction.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
5 July 2025
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The Connecticut state legislature paved the way for UConn to opt into the settlement in February, passing a bill that included language allowing student athletes to earn direct compensation from the institution through revenue sharing.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
6 July 2025
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Both events allow players to earn points for the Race to Dubai and FedEx Cup standings.—
Savannah Leigh Richardson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 July 2025
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“Empower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empower. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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