enabling

[en-ey-bling]

adjective

Law.

1. conferring additional legal powers or capacities, especially by removing a barrier to action, suspending required permission, or relaxing oversight: enabling power.

   an enabling act;

   enabling power.

Word History and Origins

Origin of enabling¹

First recorded in 1670–80; enable + -ing ²

Example Sentences

Recent advances in AI have changed that by enabling companies to draw new connections between points in big advertisers’ massive data sets, he said.

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Lower interest rates are enabling companies to borrow more cheaply for acquisitions.

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According to Yennello, the new resin-column trapping technique allows for faster processing, enabling larger quantities of At-211 to be shipped with minimal decay and reduced risk compared with traditional methods.

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In Delaware, where Preventive is incorporated, public-benefit corporations have additional protections against shareholder lawsuits, a measure Harrington described as enabling such corporations to focus on social good rather than solely on profits.

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If materials could superconduct at warmer, more practical temperatures, they could transform modern technology -- from creating energy grids that waste no power to enabling more functional quantum computers.

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