Example Sentences

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“We are empowering states to lead, protecting our children from increased consumption of highly processed foods, and moving one step closer to the president’s promise to Make America Healthy Again,” Rollins said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

In any case, we're lucky to have forums and figures inspiring approaches to menopause that are empowering as opposed to dire.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2024

“We are fundamentally rethinking and reimagining how this organization is structured. And we are empowering our business unit leadership to transform their organizations with an owner’s mindset and a view on quality and accountability.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2023

He says that to encourage writers from diverse backgrounds into the writing space "it's important to instil in them from early years the joy of language, and how words are empowering."

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2023

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