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Bylaws empower the chair to set the board’s agenda and pick a vice chair, though the board—which is largely appointed by the mayor—can expand those powers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

She now works to empower other women after setting up the charity Women's Health Hope.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

Second, Congress should explicitly empower federal courts to set aside any action a commission takes while inquorate.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

Congress, he said, should empower an independent prosecutor to investigate such conflicts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

His goal was to empower the wave of migrants rolling into town to become productive citizens of their adopted city.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

"It empowers victims and potential victims to find out for themselves and make those decisions early on; Clare's Law in my view is more reactive than preventative," Lappin told The Nolan show.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

"We have no interest in other companies' trade secrets. We remain focused on building innovative technology that empowers people everywhere," an OpenAI spokesperson said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

“We remain focused on building innovative technology that empowers people everywhere.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

“Her vision for it was: this institute only succeeds if it empowers our department to do things that we want to do, but might not otherwise have the resources to do,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

Today, art historians like to say that Les Demoiselles empowers viewers, which is what they say about the Mona Lisa too—they mean that both paintings are open to interpretation.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

And I really felt empowered to join something that was doing that.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

But they also found practical accommodations that could make clinical care feel safer and more empowered.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

She said the event made people feel empowered.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

In picking South Carolina—which also was first in 2024—the committee empowered that state’s large Black voter population.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

I feel glamorous, empowered, and so freaking tall.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

"At first, the idea was empowering, but over time the novelty wore off," she told BBC News.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

“I’ve traveled from the coast of North Carolina to the coast of Washington down to Arizona! It’s the most empowering thing ever!”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026

Still, as Richard Hasen explains in Slate, the ruling could’ve been worse—and, by empowering parties over super PACs, might even make our libertine campaign finance system marginally better.

From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026

This is a show that pits real people against each other by requiring them to build friendships and trust while empowering a few to sow doubt and dissent by lying through their teeth.

From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026

In this sense, mathematics is just the opposite of constraining; it is empowering, and at the service of anyone who cares to use it.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos