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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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The facial recognition features are turned off by default and must be enabled by an administrator, according to a Verkada spokesperson, who added that the company has nearly 200 school clients in Arizona.
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Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2024
These commercial spacesuits cost a fraction of government suits, and can be considered version 1.0 of suits that could one day enable many people to walk in space, on the Moon, and eventually Mars.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 15 Sep. 2024
The device can rotate left and right up to 150 degrees, and 90 degrees up and down, enabling you to clean under surfaces and tackle hard-to-reach areas easily.
—Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2024
Going private takes the Nordstroms out from under the constant glare of Wall Street, and enables them to eliminate the time and costs of producing quarterly reports, staging conference calls and meetings with investors.
—David Moin, WWD, 4 Sep. 2024
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Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2024
These commercial spacesuits cost a fraction of government suits, and can be considered version 1.0 of suits that could one day enable many people to walk in space, on the Moon, and eventually Mars.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 15 Sep. 2024
The device can rotate left and right up to 150 degrees, and 90 degrees up and down, enabling you to clean under surfaces and tackle hard-to-reach areas easily.
—Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2024
Going private takes the Nordstroms out from under the constant glare of Wall Street, and enables them to eliminate the time and costs of producing quarterly reports, staging conference calls and meetings with investors.
—David Moin, WWD, 4 Sep. 2024
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