1
as in gifted
to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute
a young performer endowed with a great singing voice
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as in funded
to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income
a wealthy businessman who endowed several museums
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as in financed
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 endowed
Many wealthy individuals have fallen ill and subsequently endowed medical facilities.
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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
Niger, endowed with some of the world's largest uranium reserves, stands to benefit a significant amount from the technical expertise and new infrastructure that Russia can provide.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 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
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
Niger, endowed with some of the world's largest uranium reserves, stands to benefit a significant amount from the technical expertise and new infrastructure that Russia can provide.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 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
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Nearly every part of the couple's wedding was borrowed or gifted with love.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Over a year ago, the Biden administration gifted Intel $8 billion in CHIPS subsidies for plants in multiple states.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Ashley Miznazi is a climate change reporter for the Miami Herald funded by the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation and MSC Cruises.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Concurrent classes are now free for families starting this school year and are funded in part by the new Arkansas Access to Acceleration scholarship.—
Edward McKinnon,
Arkansas Online,
4 Sep. 2025
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In a Canadian industry where for years doors were mostly closed to Black talent, and financing that came through when doors opened was meagre, the BSO report urges Black content creators be properly financed to build sustainable careers and businesses.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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Pic heralds from Deadpool and John Wick director David Leitch and Bullet Train producer Kelly McCormick’s 87North, and Bill Bindley and Mike Karz’s Gulfstream Pictures (Upgraded), which financed the movie.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
8 Sep. 2025
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At 6 feet and blessed with great athletic ability, Moore was a matchup nightmare.—
Doug Feinberg,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Southerners, especially those in the lower South, are blessed with a very long growing season.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
5 Sep. 2025
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The majority held that the right to end a pregnancy was found neither in the text of the Constitution nor in the nation's history, erasing a reproductive right the high court established nearly five decades ago.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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Use a car dealership that is well established in your community.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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Most of its residents rely on the low-cost insurance subsidized by the federal and state governments.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
3 Sep. 2025
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As my 2023 book Unequal Cities describes, the growth of suburbs was fueled by racially and economically exclusionary policies, with government subsidized housing and automobile transportation.—
Richard McGahey,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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The airline expects its first aircraft equipped with next-generation internet equipment to enter service in 2027.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Rescuers, equipped with specialized cutting tools, began trying to free the marine creature — but then things took a turn.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Endowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endowed. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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