empowered
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America may have empowered the president to give the capital a case of Mar-a-Lago face, but the city’s inhabitants get only the slightest of say in federal matters.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
“He wanted them to feel empowered, too,” Myers said with a laugh.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
BBC Springwatch presenter Chris Packham has said young people should be empowered to become the brave and bold conservationists of the future.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Many would argue that Hastings’s philosophy of pushing his employees to play big roles in decision-making empowered them to take chances and created an environment where no one was indispensable.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
Legal rulings empowered people with developmental disabilities to refuse treatment and created rights for the mentally disabled that made forced institutionalization much less common.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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