- present tense form of enable (3rd person singular).
enables
Example Sentences
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Universities operate a system called clearing, which enables students who have not been able to get into their first choice to find another university place or course.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
"This is a fundamental observation that enables us to think about thermal management in a new way," said Hu, the study's corresponding author and a member of the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Prototype products include a "stand-alone node" -- a bollard-like object powered by soil which enables data communication with a satellite.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
“I don’t know any other platform that enables that so quickly,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
This discipline is of such efficacy that not only does it maintain those who were born princes, but it enables men of private station on many occasions to rise to that position.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
