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

But rather than depict a childhood of adversity, her paintings empower the kids within them to claim their own space, imbuing her memories with strength and light.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

I spent the next six months quietly trying to empower myself without making any sort of abrupt change.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama