1
as in enables
to give official or legal power to
the federal agency empowered to collect taxes
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2
as in lets
to make able or possible
workshops in financial management to empower workers to plan for their retirement
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Recent Examples of empowers
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
Prioritizing this consistent operating model enables cost control, risk management, and empowers teams to drive future innovation.
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Sam Rastogi,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Respite care may be an option that empowers everyone involved.
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R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
Through its regional hubs across EMEA, North America, Latin America, Sub-India and APAC, the initiative empowers local ecosystems to close the loop in denim.
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Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
17 June 2026
Progressives across the country have spent years arguing that unlimited outside spending distorts democracy, empowers wealthy interests, and undermines trust in government.
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Julie Won,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2026
The directive also empowers a team within the sheriff’s department to screen complaints from inmates and others to determine whether the complaints should be investigated by the Public Integrity Division.
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Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
Matthew Kelly
july 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2026
Prioritizing this consistent operating model enables cost control, risk management, and empowers teams to drive future innovation.
—
Sam Rastogi,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Respite care may be an option that empowers everyone involved.
—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
Through its regional hubs across EMEA, North America, Latin America, Sub-India and APAC, the initiative empowers local ecosystems to close the loop in denim.
—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
17 June 2026
Progressives across the country have spent years arguing that unlimited outside spending distorts democracy, empowers wealthy interests, and undermines trust in government.
—
Julie Won,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2026
The directive also empowers a team within the sheriff’s department to screen complaints from inmates and others to determine whether the complaints should be investigated by the Public Integrity Division.
—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for empowers
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The goal should be balance and governance that enables speed, quality and measurable results.
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The service enables anyone to show up at a DASH office with a package less than 16 ounces and get it on the next flight out.
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This guest lets her turquoise skort take centerstage by pairing it with a heather gray tank and black flip-flops.
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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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That gambit, however, could doom the defense bill, which authorizes key national security programs.
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The contract also authorizes Brooks Pierce to retain Fitzpatrick Communications to provide public relations counsel in connection with the investigation.
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Gallagher's office said the authorization allows Congress to appropriate funds and the Corps to separately expend funds.
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This allows aircraft to strike targets while remaining outside much of the enemy’s air defense envelope.
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“Empowers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empowers. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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