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empower

[em-pou-er] / ɛmˈpaʊ ər /


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She said she was "really happy" and wanted to "empower women" and "leave an imprint on their lives" with her future career.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

“I like how Estuardo is trying to empower us,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

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

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

From Slate Jul. 13, 2026

What he did, on a small scale, showed me how important it is to empower the dispossessed and the disenfranchised in the wake of oppression.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

The department said the government was also "cracking down on nuisance passengers" with the Bus Services Act, passed in October, which empowers local authorities to create by-laws to prevent nuisance passengers.

From BBC Aug. 5, 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

“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

“We want to be the one that empowers others to go solve these problems.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 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

After all, the very nature of how Green Lanterns obtain their superhuman abilities involves cosmically empowered rings choosing their wearers.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

Grande reassured fans that the decision came from a "thoughtful, empowered place", and had been planned "a long time ago".

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

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

Individuals from every corner of the flat world are being empowered.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

He highlighted that City Hall had planted 640,000 trees and was empowering communities to transform areas through the mayor's £12m Green Roots Fund.

From BBC Jul. 14, 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

He is getting the intellectual property from these three applications, said Juster, and they are empowering him to start a company with very little money.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman




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