empowers

verb

present tense third-person singular of empower
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 This year’s main beneficiary is OCA (Opportunity, Community, Ability), an organization that empowers individuals with autism and other developmental differences. — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026 According to the California Department of Rehabilitation, encouraging independent living among people with disabilities is a philosophy that emphasizes their agency and empowers them to take charge of their care. — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026 Only for the Journal’s editorialists to gently pat presumably a few less than sanguine readers on the head with an allegedly encouraging caveat about legislation that empowers presidents to impose tariffs of the 100% kind on other nations. — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026 The federal program empowers local law enforcement officers to carry out immigration enforcement actions. — Tess Riski august 3, Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026 While some abilities, like spotting vulnerabilities in software, are useful to attackers and defenders, designing exploits for those vulnerabilities uniquely empowers attackers. — Harry Booth, Time, 24 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for empowers
  1. enables
  2. lets
  3. authorizes
  4. allows
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  • Researchers have developed a new control framework that enables humanoid robots to perform agile movements, including army crawls, breakdancing and backflips.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Recent industry research by Typeface and a Marketing Week survey shows that marketers are reducing agency spend because AI enables more work to move in-house.
    — Nital Shah, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of enables
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  • Reading lets children test out challenging, or frightening, situations in their imaginations.
    — Liz Rosenberg, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The pairing lets Viu’s footprint across Southeast Asia carry TrueVisions Now’s expanding library to new audiences in the region.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of lets
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  • The House settlement authorizes the CSC to review NIL deals for evidence of possible recruiting inducements and similar forms of compensation used to sway where athletes decide to play.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The law authorizes the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to fine, suspend or revoke a business license for violating the child-protection law.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of authorizes
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  • This summer has seen a confluence of challenges, including excessive heat that allows food contamination to grow and a pathogen that’s particularly tough to pin down.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • This strategy allows DeMellier to be desirable without being ubiquitous.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of allows

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