Example Sentences

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"Someone had enabled that referral, but I don't know who," she said.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

A dual-role arrangement had enabled Blume to stay at the helm of both companies, which are closely connected.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

The lawsuit also names Combs’ businesses, Bad Boy Records and Sean John Clothing, and music label Universal Music, as defendants, saying they had enabled Combs’ alleged behavior.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2024

More than 220,000 accounts had enabled it as of Monday.

From Reuters • Nov. 20, 2023

For instance, suppose that a mere 5,000 Koreans had come to Kyushu, but that rice agriculture had enabled them to feed babies and to increase their numbers at a rate of 1 percent per year.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond