empower

Example Sentences

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Historically, it was meant to remedy something that was true in England, where the colonists came from, which was that the king or those empowered by the king could invade people’s homes at will.

From Salon

A candidate for the Senedd election in May has said she hopes sharing her own experience of having an abortion aged 15 will empower others to "understand the importance" of women's health and rights.

From BBC

“How often does the board review the product pipeline? Are leaders empowered to make the best product decision or simply pushed to the lowest cost decision?”

From MarketWatch

Individual investors flooded into financial markets last year, buoyed by back-to-back years of strong returns and empowered by expanded access to new assets and product types.

From The Wall Street Journal

This may sound familiar to those who recall the rollout of the health care information website WebMD, which also promised to empower and inform people about their bodies.

From Salon