enable
verb (used with object)
to make able; give power, means, competence, or ability to: Students with vision impairments are enabled in the classroom with magnifiers and screen reader software.
is enabling
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present progressiveof enable (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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Lawyers in the gas station lawsuit assert that technology is enabling antitrust violations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
AI is enabling scalable phishing emails, fraudulent texts, impersonation chatbots, cloned-voice scams and automated outreach.
From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026
Erin West, a longtime US cybercrime prosecutor who resigned last year to campaign full-time for action, said "it is abhorrent that an American company is enabling this to happen".
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025
“Electroflow is enabling globally competitive LFP cathodes from widely available brines,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025
She watches him from the window, walking down the block, a small, balding, unemployed middle-aged man, who is enabling her to wreck her marriage.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
