as in mandate
the granting of power to perform various acts or duties
the empowerment of her husband to make medical decisions on her behalf is clearly stated in her living will
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Their individual reflections are woven together in an anthem video to present a unified narrative about love and empowerment.
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Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 2 Apr. 2025
Supporting others in tangible ways - like volunteering, donating, or organizing - can help redirect anxiety into collective empowerment.
—Nicole Lipkin, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
But this growing trend—a product of the ongoing wave of athlete empowerment—hasn’t arrived without resistance.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 31 Mar. 2025
It’s definitely brought a new kind of empowerment within me as an actor to break out of getting stuck in our own way and being afraid to explore other parts of being human, not basing it on culture or religion and just delving in and doing it and being human.
—Lisa De Los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2025
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Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 2 Apr. 2025
Supporting others in tangible ways - like volunteering, donating, or organizing - can help redirect anxiety into collective empowerment.
—Nicole Lipkin, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
But this growing trend—a product of the ongoing wave of athlete empowerment—hasn’t arrived without resistance.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 31 Mar. 2025
It’s definitely brought a new kind of empowerment within me as an actor to break out of getting stuck in our own way and being afraid to explore other parts of being human, not basing it on culture or religion and just delving in and doing it and being human.
—Lisa De Los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2025
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“Empowerment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empowerment. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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