had empowered
- past perfect of empower.
Example Sentences
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Bashir had empowered Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, widely known as Hemedti, to run the RSF as a praetorian guard to protect him against possible challenges from within the army.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
But Gill said EU states had "empowered" the commission to take such a decision.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
Justice Elena Kagan, writing for herself and fellow liberal justices Stephen G. Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor, countered that the majority had empowered the wrong people to pass judgment on an existential dilemma.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 30, 2022
New York voters had empowered a bipartisan commission to guide the task of drafting new legislative maps for the House and local state districts.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2022
First it had empowered us to go forward, but after some hours it bid us rest.
From A Tramp's Sketches by Graham, Stephen