empower

Example Sentences

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Declarations of war empower direct presidential authority over communications and transportation systems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

It will empower you to know how the software works and actually how easy it can be to file.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

The targeting clearly shows a strategy to degrade the regime’s apparatus of repression, but risks harming the very prisoners it is intended to empower, analysts said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

"Astroworld highlighted the need for clear, rehearsed procedures that empower teams to pause or stop a performance when safety is compromised," says Anne Marie Chebib.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

His goal was to empower the wave of migrants rolling into town to become productive citizens of their adopted city.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield