endowed

past tense of endow

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Recent Examples of endowed So does the king’s loyal swineherd, Eumaeus (John Leguizamo), who, in this telling, has gone blind and is thus endowed with near-Tiresian powers of perception. Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 July 2026 Official liberalism had long been almost inextricably identified with a picture of man as perfectible, as endowed with sufficient wisdom and selflessness to endure power and to use it infallibly for the general good. David Brooks, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026 He is endowed with the gift of making his characters seem not only credible but desirable, approachable, and human, thanks to his undeniable charm. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 July 2026 But the bureaucracy in question was overwhelmingly the customs service, which Britain had expanded and endowed with new enforcement powers during the decade-long run-up to the Revolution. Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 The 1994 tournament also gave birth to Major League Soccer, the largest first-division league in the world, and endowed a foundation that has funded grassroots soccer development for more than a generation. Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026 When a satin skirt or silk scarf is valued primarily for the status endowed upon its wearer – rather than its functionality as clothing – products take on a mystical status. Eileen G'sell, The Conversation, 8 June 2026 Evolution has therefore endowed these sites with an incredibly high capacity for regeneration. Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026 Being multiliterate also implies that the contemporary hypertext and hypermedia user is endowed with a capacity of discernment regarding which semiotic modes can be most efficiently employed to carry a specific communicative load. Carmen Daniela Maier, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for endowed
Verb
  • When production on that movie wrapped, the Twilight alum gifted Nolan a collection of Oppenheimer’s speeches, which planted the seed for the award-winning biopic, Nolan told The Hollywood Reporter in July 2023.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
  • In the early 1990s, an anonymous donor gifted $130,000 over two years to put in heaters, upgrade restrooms and work on pipes and landscaping, among other improvements.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • Politicians and other proponents of the lab-leak theory have issued fresh calls to punish Fauci, 85, and scientists his institute funded.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
  • In Austin, the ARPA funded eviction prevention, rental assistance, shelter, permanent supportive housing and harm reduction programs.
    Alfredo Reyes Jr, Mercury News, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • These local mutual aid efforts are typically self-managed and financed through their own networks and diaspora remittances.
    Peter Hailey, The Conversation, 16 July 2026
  • One of the new ships won’t cost it a dime as it will be fully financed, owned and operated in Japan under license by local leisure giant Oriental Land Company (OLC).
    Christian Sylt, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • Circe, who is blessed with some powers of insight, turns out to be right.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 17 July 2026
  • Even just one win in international football is superb, but the point about Deschamps is that he has been blessed with one of the most astonishing generations of talent the game has ever seen.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 15 July 2026
Verb
  • They were repatriated through cooperation between Indonesia’s Culture Ministry and the FBI after provenance research established the objects had been smuggled out of Indonesia, Zon said.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • Jarvis has established himself as one of the best two-way wingers in the league for that exact reason.
    Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Nissan offered a $199 2G‑to‑3G TCU upgrade, which was partially subsidized by the manufacturer, for many 2011–2014 Leaf models but then offered the same upgrade to 2015 Leaf owners for free.
    Michael Harley, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026
  • Do the residents there realize their counties are subsidized by Cook County and the collar counties?
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
Verb
  • The suits are equipped with miniature oxygen generators that allow the cockroaches to survive for up to three hours underwater or in low-oxygen conditions.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 July 2026
  • But that also means that few theaters are equipped to show the movie in the resolutions it was intended.
    Zuri Primos July 18, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026

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