empower
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“I like how Estuardo is trying to empower us,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 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
The legislation is a call for the U.S. and international community to empower the Tibetan community as it defends its identity and our collective freedom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
When I first started using the name, it started to fit and at the same time empower.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
She added: "The new uniform empowers girls and volunteers to embrace their individuality."
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
We remain focused on building innovative technology that empowers people everywhere.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 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
“What’s important about this acquisition is that it empowers Cursor to develop its own internal models further,” Dayaratna said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 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
They haven’t always been empowered to speak up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
But they also found practical accommodations that could make clinical care feel safer and more empowered.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
"People get trained, have the knowledge, and are empowered to do something rather than sit and watch," Mullins said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
She said the event made people feel empowered.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
"Are you trying to think of an empowered X-Woman?"
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
"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
By putting the bank’s own money to work on national security, he is doubling down on earlier attempts to catalyze societal changes, from fighting global warming to empowering Black citizens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 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
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
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