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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2
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
This week Vilnius City Council has just greenlit the launch of the the first city fund in the country, the Vilnius Film Fund, endowed with a €100,000 ($116,700) budget.
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Annika Pham, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
The pressure Alex, who is endowed by Martin with endearing softness and paralyzing self-doubt, feels to be a brave cop, a strong father, and the righteous hero of this story can’t be separated from his experience as a trans man still honing his relationship to masculinity.
—Judy Berman, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
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
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
Annika Pham, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
The pressure Alex, who is endowed by Martin with endearing softness and paralyzing self-doubt, feels to be a brave cop, a strong father, and the righteous hero of this story can’t be separated from his experience as a trans man still honing his relationship to masculinity.
—Judy Berman, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for endowed
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Qatar recently gifted Trump a jet valued at hundreds of millions, intended to serve as a future Air Force One.—
Dan Perry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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The belief is that it was gifted by King Umberto, one of the last kings of Italy, to that family, and stayed in the family’s possession for that whole time.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
1 Oct. 2025
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That’s according to a recent filing with the Department of Insurance by the state-created, but privately funded, plan.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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That effort will come as federal funding through the American Rescue Plan Act, a COVID-19 pandemic program that funded many violence prevention programs, dries up at the end of next year.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The transaction is being financed by a group of investors that includes Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, private equity group Silver Lake, and an investment firm founded by Jared Kushner, the company said in a statement this week.—
Jillian Frankel,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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Jeremy Irons, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Bobby Naderi and Jemma Redgrave will also reprise their roles in the sequel, distributed worldwide by Amazon MGM Studios and produced and financed by Miramax, with Yara Shahidi as a new addition to the cast.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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God has blessed us beyond belief.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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God blessed me with 7 beautiful children—3 sons and 4 daughters.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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Players in their 30s are established, but always a cliff threat; this is not a lifetime achievement ranking.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Nobel Prizes were established through the will of Alfred Nobel, who amassed a fortune from his invention of dynamite.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, Venezuela, which subsidized Cuba for a decade in the 2000s, particularly with oil exports, no longer has the capacity to do so.—
Joseph J. Gonzalez,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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Their insurance would remain heavily subsidized, just at the lower level established by the original Affordable Care Act legislation.—
Margot Sanger-Katz,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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To ensure this, veins below the heart are equipped with one-way valves pointing up toward the heart.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Bring a touch of playful cottage style with a wall shelf painted a bright color and equipped with pegs for hanging everything from art to hats.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Endowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endowed. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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