endowed

past tense of endow

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of endowed The family endowed the scholarship with a donation of $25,000, but after news of Tom’s death spread, someone asked her about contributing to the fund. — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026 Jordyn Woods appeared in two complimentary pieces for the event, wearing a cropped jacket endowed with dramatic burgundy feathers along with a pair of Woods by Jordyn stunt sandals with matching feathers circling the thick ankle strap. — Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2026 Senna holds an immortal presence in modern Formula 1 for the manner of his racing—ferocious, endowed with grace—and for his untimely death. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026 That we, as human beings, have been endowed with the ability to channel that creativity fills me with a sense of awe and wonder. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026 The show was considered an outlier in its generally sympathetic take on Hill and his conservative views, as well as in terms of the agency with which the show’s creators endowed its working- and middle-class characters. — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Aug. 2026 Someone who might have the answers is fan-favorite franchise staple Elise (Lin Shaye), a medium who commutes between both worlds, here via the body of a tattoo artist (Maisie Richardson-Sellers) endowed with paranormal gifts. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2026 When a Columbus nursing home that served aging African Americans was sold, a resulting gift endowed the Isabelle Ridgway Foundation, a supporting organization of the Columbus Foundation. — Laura MacDonald, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 But they’re endowed with a fundamentally different intelligence, one shaped by a separate evolutionary path and defined by a nervous system that’s distributed throughout their bodies rather than centralized like that of the brains of most animals. — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 29 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for endowed
Verb
  • Then in 1696, Jones’ father-in-law, Thomas Townsend, a wealthy New Yorker, gifted him and his wife a significant tract of land on Long Island’s south shore, property records show.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Then in 1696, Jones' father-in-law, Thomas Townsend, a wealthy New Yorker, gifted him and his wife a significant tract of land on Long Island's south shore, property records show.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Julian relies on an after-school program at Arc Broward in Sunrise, one of roughly 200 programs funded by the Children's Services Council of Broward County.
    — Bri Buckley, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Her mother, Tina Knowles, told Fortune that Beyoncé funded the company herself after prospective investors pushed for less spending on research and development and more on marketing.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The film will be financed and produced jointly by Paramount Pictures and Blumhouse Atomic, with Paramount handling worldwide distribution.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Democratic victories in key gubernatorial races raised the prospect of tougher scrutiny for data center projects, adding to investor concerns about how quickly new capacity can be built and financed.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • There’s a brief battle for Arlo’s future, conducted without ill motives or rancor from anyone, and blessed with a performance, as Peter’s attorney, by Vicki Pepperdine.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Through the spring and summer the forest in this mountain backcountry had been blessed with abundant rainfall and the wild creatures were busy reaping the berries, seeds and other browse.
    — Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 5 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Many of the big-ticket lots being offered are by historical, blue-chip artists whose careers were firmly established in the 20th century, from Kandinsky and Monet to Warhol and Basquiat, as opposed to living contemporary artists.
    — Daniel Cassady for ARTnews, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Once established, these authorizations enabled the attackers to continue moving assets independently of Binance’s normal withdrawal infrastructure.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 4 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • How many people lost health care Hamilton criticized cuts to premium tax credits that subsidized insurance on the Affordable Care Act Marketplace.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Except now, under this program, white flight is not a problem to be solved but an outcome to be embraced and even subsidized through the federal tax code.
    — Denise Forte, Baltimore Sun, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Banks can help through grants, partnerships and appropriate credit, alongside investors equipped to finance early-stage technology risk.
    — Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Those closest to constituents were best equipped to govern them, the argument went.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2026

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“Endowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endowed. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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