empower
verb (used with object)
to give power or authority to; authorize, especially by legal or official means.
is empowering
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present progressiveof empower (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“AI is empowering the threat actor to do more, quicker,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
"Small changes can impact sleep. That is empowering -- better rest is within your control."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2025
It is empowering to see the glimmer of hope in their faces.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2024
“And what that means is empowering police while also trying to make some tweaks along the edges.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2024
In this sense, mathematics is just the opposite of constraining; it is empowering, and at the service of anyone who cares to use it.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
