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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

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

Some legislators worry recognizing the threatened scrub jay could empower environmentalists to protect more habitat.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

My promise to myself was to survive so that I could escape Little Rock and empower myself with enough education to come back home and change everything.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

Will it be centralized and restricted to a few institutions, or will it be a tool that empowers everyone?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

She added: "The new uniform empowers girls and volunteers to embrace their individuality."

From BBC Jul. 26, 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

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

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

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

When people are empowered, they naturally check and balance each other and the power of larger institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

He gave Bloom a cable from the Exposition Company that empowered De Young to hire someone to select the concessions for the Midway Plaisance and guide their construction and promotion.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

It’s so empowering to go back to this world that I crafted and this character that means so much to me and my fans.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

"It was an empowering decision that gave me more agency," the 37-year-old said, adding that the process was challenging.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

While she likely intended the lyric to be empowering, instead it feels more like a metaphor for her apparent physical fragility.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

But why, when lightness is such an empowering virtue, would anyone tempt fate in motorized dreadnoughts like the GT S?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

But Globalization 3.0 differs from the previous eras not only in how it is shrinking and flattening the world and in how it is empowering individuals.

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




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