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enabling

American  
[en-ey-bling] / ɛnˈeɪ blɪŋ /

adjective

Law.

  1. conferring additional legal powers or capacities, especially by removing a barrier to action, suspending required permission, or relaxing oversight: enabling power.

    an enabling act;

    enabling power.

Etymology

Origin of enabling

First recorded in 1670–80; enable + -ing 2

Example Sentences

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But a public sale enabling many to participate and demonstrate the “true market value” of these objects is what Irsay would have wanted, she added.

From Los Angeles Times

These shifts between stiffness and fluidity play a central role in enabling division.

From Science Daily

They found that DNA loops and folds according to a modular pattern, enabling different regulatory signals to influence specific regions of the genome.

From Science Daily

Instead, the cuts are the result of AI technology enabling teams to work with fewer people.

From The Wall Street Journal

The balance in enabling more mortgage lending is to do so without encouraging banks to take more risks.

From The Wall Street Journal

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