1
as in to let
to make able or possible
my new glasses enable me to read the fine print
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as in to empower
to give official or legal power to
a law that would enable the authorities to inspect food preparation areas for health code violations
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Recent Examples of enable
Multiple analyses enabled Cambridge researchers to virtually unfold the manuscript.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
Implement Anonymous Surveys Move beyond annual engagement surveys and implement anonymous pulse surveys that enable real-time analysis.
—Kerri Sutey, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
On the farm, poor sanitation enabled cows and dairy workers to introduce tuberculosis, typhoid, and other pathogens into milk.
— Made By History, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
This enabled them to devise a phase diagram of what happens to the sauce as the conditions change.
—ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2025
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
Implement Anonymous Surveys Move beyond annual engagement surveys and implement anonymous pulse surveys that enable real-time analysis.
—Kerri Sutey, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
On the farm, poor sanitation enabled cows and dairy workers to introduce tuberculosis, typhoid, and other pathogens into milk.
— Made By History, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
This enabled them to devise a phase diagram of what happens to the sauce as the conditions change.
—ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2025
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Justice Elena Kagan said whether some states could become magnets for pregnant migrants to give birth, should the high court let the order take effect for some, would create a patchwork of citizenship policies among states.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Don't waste these opportunities by letting the content die after one use.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Conceptualized and developed by High Profile Lifestyle (HPL), Freelancers Unplugged is a 6-part concert series created to inspire, empower, and celebrate freelancers across the entertainment industry.—
Malana VanTyle,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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Bette sold Liquid Paper to Gillette for about $50 million in 1979 (more than $233 million today) and gave half of it to philanthropies empowering women.—
Pat Butler,
Sportico.com,
16 May 2025
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According to the press release, Hodge bought his ticket online to participate in the Thursday, May 8, drawing and used the Quick Pick option, which allows the terminal or the retailer to randomly select the numbers for you.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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Use the Mega Backdoor Roth to Boost Tax-Free Savings If your 401(k) plan allows after-tax contributions and in-plan Roth conversions or rollovers to a Roth IRA, consider using the Mega Backdoor Roth strategy.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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Impenetrable custody, for example, eliminates all digital input to the storage environment while still enabling institutions to seamlessly create and authorize transactions without ever exposing the private key.—
Lior Lamesh,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Third, many injunctions are aimed at agencies under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), which arguably authorizes nationwide injunctions against agency action.—
The Editors,
National Review,
19 May 2025
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In 2014, the Utah state legislature passed a bill that allowed for both a party convention candidate nomination process and a signature-gathering path to qualify for primary elections.—
Annabella Rosciglione,
The Washington Examiner,
16 May 2025
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To qualify, a person must have had chronic low back pain for 12 weeks or longer with no systemic cause and pain that is not associated with surgery.—
Diane Omdahl,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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“Enable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enable. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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