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
Koren returned to work stripped of two titles and of a chair that had been endowed in his name.
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Ben Taub, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
With an $18 million gift, the couple endowed the Texas Center for Writers, which was renamed the Michener Center after his death in 1997.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 20 Jan. 2026
Your messaging could be endowed with extra sweetness and guided wisdom now.
—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
But only protein is endowed with a special kind of redemptive power.
—Rachel Sugar, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026
Like a superhero movie set in a small town, Encanto is the story of a Colombian family whose children are endowed with magical abilities.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
Ngai acknowleged the company’s long history–including how the company endowed Sun Yat-sen, who later led the 1911 revolution against the Qing dynasty, with a medical scolarship–yet argued that AS Watson had to remain forward-thinking.
—Angelica Ang, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2025
The solar system is far more richly endowed by resources than everyday experience might suggest.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
Caroline Turco, a lawyer representing Portland, said during opening arguments that the evidence would show that the city does not need the National Guard, while the government contended that Congress endowed the president with vast latitude to decide when calling in the troops is warranted.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2025
Ben Taub, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
With an $18 million gift, the couple endowed the Texas Center for Writers, which was renamed the Michener Center after his death in 1997.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 20 Jan. 2026
Your messaging could be endowed with extra sweetness and guided wisdom now.
—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
But only protein is endowed with a special kind of redemptive power.
—Rachel Sugar, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026
Like a superhero movie set in a small town, Encanto is the story of a Colombian family whose children are endowed with magical abilities.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
Ngai acknowleged the company’s long history–including how the company endowed Sun Yat-sen, who later led the 1911 revolution against the Qing dynasty, with a medical scolarship–yet argued that AS Watson had to remain forward-thinking.
—Angelica Ang, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2025
The solar system is far more richly endowed by resources than everyday experience might suggest.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
Caroline Turco, a lawyer representing Portland, said during opening arguments that the evidence would show that the city does not need the National Guard, while the government contended that Congress endowed the president with vast latitude to decide when calling in the troops is warranted.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for endowed
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Defense secretary was given a $3,700 bronze statue, while CIA chief was gifted a $3,000 horse saddle.—
MATTHEW LEE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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Other times, surprises come unexpectedly — like the Range Rover Wade once gifted her with a bow on top.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
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Even so, products for women have been funded, approved by regulators and marketed widely, side effects and all.—
Ana Castelain,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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Public policy makers who funded mental institutions wanted to keep track of the number of people with particular disorders, but in an era of deinstitutionalization, numbers aren’t as important.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
28 Jan. 2026
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The family has financed its racing, with occasional support from local teams and collaborators.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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The average amount financed for a new car reached an all-time of $43,759 at the end of last year, according to Edmunds.—
Jessica Dickler,
CNBC,
26 Jan. 2026
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Twenty years of hard work and persistence, blessed by occasional moments when chance had generously smiled on him.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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In one of the most deal-ridden and far too often contrived places on the globe, Steny was straightforward, smart, wise, direct, honest on the real odds about anything and everything, and blessed with a sense of humor that, if saintly in purpose, was devilishly clever in delivery.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Jan. 2026
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The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, established in 1987, lists worldwide suicide bereavement support groups as a public service to loss survivors.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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But the center re-established his dominance against the smaller Warriors on Monday, finishing with 15 points and 17 rebounds while serving as a significant deterrent on the defensive interior.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
27 Jan. 2026
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The plant was also to be part of a $4 billion life sciences innovation district called the Texas Research Quarter and subsidized by the City of Plano.—
Sasha Richie,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Thus, the citizens of Minnesota have, as American taxpayers, subsidized an occupation overseas that is effectively a laboratory for their own.—
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
26 Jan. 2026
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With 30 points of articulation for dynamic posing, the Evil Lord of Destruction comes equipped with his signature Havoc Staff accessory.—
Gerrad Hall,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Jan. 2026
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The property includes a hilltop luxury home, a guest house, a nine-hole putting and chipping green, as well as a 5-acre bass fishing lake equipped with a boat dock, bait shack and an outdoor pavilion.—
Nick Wooten,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Endowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endowed. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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