By a vote of 9 to 0, the Supreme Court awarded the Central Intelligence Agency broad discretionary powers enabling/for it to withhold from the public the identities of its sources of intelligence information.
Will the meaning change replacing for with enabling?
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Slightly but not significantly. Enable has the power causing the ability to withhold. For has the power causing the withholding.
— Mister Micawber
Slightly but not significantly.
Enable has the power causing the ability to withhold.
For has the power causing the withholding.
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