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
The law also empowers local authorities to reduce maximum speed limits from 30 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour without conducting a traffic study.
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Matthew Kelly
july 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2026
But right now, what the president has said is, 'Go and make a deal, go and negotiate in good faith,' and that's what he's empowered us to do.
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July 1,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
Among the notable elements of the Compromise of 1850 were the admission of California to the Union as a free state, but also a federal fugitive-slave law that empowered federal authorities and federal courts to seize people who had escaped bondage.
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David Frum,
The Atlantic,
1 July 2026
That changes previous administrations’ practice of looking more closely, enabling researchers to learn who is most affected and least empowered to push back.
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Mark Axelrod,
The Conversation,
30 June 2026
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Matthew Kelly
july 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2026
But right now, what the president has said is, 'Go and make a deal, go and negotiate in good faith,' and that's what he's empowered us to do.
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July 1,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
Among the notable elements of the Compromise of 1850 were the admission of California to the Union as a free state, but also a federal fugitive-slave law that empowered federal authorities and federal courts to seize people who had escaped bondage.
—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
1 July 2026
That changes previous administrations’ practice of looking more closely, enabling researchers to learn who is most affected and least empowered to push back.
—
Mark Axelrod,
The Conversation,
30 June 2026
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Balogun, who saw his red-card suspension set aside enabling him to play in Monday night’s win-or-done match.
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The Federal Trade Commission and seven states sued Live Nation and Ticketmaster in September 2025, accusing the companies of enabling scalpers in the resale market.
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Officials advise the public to give bears space and not let pets bother them.
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The method lets scientists detect extremely weak electric and magnetic fields that can interfere with fragile quantum states.
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They both were granted bail, allowing Brown to go on with his stadium tour this year.
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The University of California Health system and Cigna, facing a July 1 deadline to reach a new contract covering a large group of Sacramento-area patients, have agreed to an extension to allow more time for negotiations.
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