1
as in to gift
to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute
a young performer endowed with a great singing voice
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2
as in to fund
to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income
a wealthy businessman who endowed several museums
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3
as in to finance
to provide money for
the program to bring the arts to inner-city youths is endowed by a grant from the federal government
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Recent Examples of endow
Rick is tightly scheduled, punctilious to a fault, endowed with verbal wit that gently but firmly shapes and smooths social interactions.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
Evolution has therefore endowed these sites with an incredibly high capacity for regeneration.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
In the hands of Campbell and Gadd, Ruben, the personification of toxic masculinity, is endowed with a pathos that becomes compelling, even captivating.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 26 May 2026
Today, however, the main drivers of development are private, often transnational, parties that are endowed with resources and the capacity to intervene that surpass those of many Governments.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
Evolution has therefore endowed these sites with an incredibly high capacity for regeneration.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
In the hands of Campbell and Gadd, Ruben, the personification of toxic masculinity, is endowed with a pathos that becomes compelling, even captivating.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 26 May 2026
Today, however, the main drivers of development are private, often transnational, parties that are endowed with resources and the capacity to intervene that surpass those of many Governments.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for endow
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Conway gifted his at 14-1 in the first half-hour, gloving a Matthew Fisher delivery down the leg side and giving an easy catch to debutant wicketkeeper James Rew.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
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If Mexico loses, González Gutiérrez will gift Kim a bottle of tequila.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
17 June 2026
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But the shortages were evident during an April reporting trip by NPR, and the State Department did not respond to multiple requests for additional details on what that $23 million is funding.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
13 June 2026
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Caught in the middle are Senate Republicans, who had to spend months to fund border enforcement agencies and are now navigating the dispute over FISA, even after lawmakers reached a bipartisan compromise.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 June 2026
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The program is financed through donations to the Colorado Golf Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the CGA.—
Max Scheinblum,
Denver Post,
13 June 2026
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Last summer’s approximate £235million transfer spend on the likes of Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo and Benjamin Sesko was financed, in part, by several RCF drawdowns.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
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But there is something about catching a wild fish in its native environment, and in this country, we are blessed with an abundance of places to do just that.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
18 June 2026
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God bless the United States of America.—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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Those would be high benchmarks for Texas Tech to establish, so long as the conference follows its own bylaws.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
13 June 2026
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State initiatives aimed at supporting fusion research and commercialization have encouraged investment and collaboration, helping establish an ecosystem designed to accelerate technological breakthroughs.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
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If healthier people drop out of the risk pool, fewer people subsidize the people who get sick, Gidwani said.—
Andrew Jones,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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The group is concerned that a stadium supported by taxpayer dollars is subsidizing the performances of the rapper formerly known as Kanye West.—
Sophia Mandt,
The Washington Examiner,
15 June 2026
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While officials initially declined to speculate, Haynes confirmed that the B-52 Stratofortress was equipped with the new Active Electronically Scanned Array, or AESA, radar system.—
Reeti Malhotra,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
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The humanoid is equipped with multi-degree-of-freedom joints and dexterous robotic hands, enabling it to manipulate objects and perform a wide range of physical tasks.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
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“Endow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endow. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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