endowed

past tense of endow

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of endowed This notion—all men endowed with equal, inherent worth—sparked the Western journey toward justice and liberty. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025 Many wealthy individuals have fallen ill and subsequently endowed medical facilities. Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025 The colony is endowed with rubber and radium, copper and palm oil. Big Think, 26 Aug. 2025 Typically, at least two women appeared, generously endowed and in various states of undress, posed between sheets and slips of lust and terror. Trish Bendix august 21, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025 The company that Skydance just bought is endowed with sui generis assets – most notably, Paramount Pictures and CBS, brands that have been part of the nation’s media fabric for more than a century. Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 10 Aug. 2025 Roughly the size of Western Europe, the war-riven country is endowed with vast mineral wealth, including the world’s largest reserves of cobalt and coltan – both critical to the production of electronics. Nimi Princewill, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025 Polsky previously endowed the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and sits on the university’s board. Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025 One of them implied that Williams wasn’t very well-endowed and asked him to set her up with a friend who was, the report says. Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for endowed
Verb
  • Penalties on penalties on penalties, gracious hosts, UCLA’s 13 flags Friday gifted the Lobos 116 yards – running the season’s tally to 30 penalties for 275 yards.
    Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
  • After college, her grandmother gifted her and her siblings some money, and Walters embarked on a major backpacking trip through Europe with friends while her MS symptoms were still nascent and not impacting her mobility yet.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • During a tour at Turning Point USA’s Phoenix headquarters last October, staff described the evolution from a Chicago garage startup to a sprawling campus funded by donors in 2018.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • His position is funded by the ADG Community Journalism Project.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In China, newer but heavily debt-financed assets—from metro systems to high-speed rail—face profitability challenges, with maintenance costs outpacing budgets.
    Maurice Obeid, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The Zionist Organization, founded at the Basel congress, was financed by membership fees.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In that department, English clubs are, in a way, blessed and cursed by the Premier League’s spending rules.
    Pol Ballús, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • For people not blessed with the ability to eat anything spicy, experts shared how to safely eat the Carolina Reaper—the world's hottest chili pepper.
    Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As has been established…He is trained by Bob Baffert.
    Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • What To Know The supporting drama actor category, formally established in 1970, has seen 13 Black actors accumulate 23 nominations over five decades.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nadel, who is openly gay, muses on how the deaths of gay men subsidized his easy, happy childhood.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
  • FanDuel subsidized rides for thousands of fans going to and from a Philadelphia Eagles game last week.
    Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hence children who develop strong foundational skills early are better equipped to use AI tools beneficially later.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • With their wireless probe, equipped with five sensors, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, the focus shifts from time to temperature.
    Matt Emma, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Endowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endowed. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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