endowed

past tense of endow

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of endowed Seeing an old bulky PC with a PC-DOS command line OS takes those of us of a certain age back to the heady days when computers were exciting and new, even though they had not yet been endowed with the eerie cognitive powers of LLMs. John Werner, Forbes.com, 29 July 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 For professors who studied literary themes and metaphors for a living, theory endowed their scholarship with the armature of a larger purpose, transforming textual analysis into jargony skirmishes in a crusade for social justice. Emily Eakin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for endowed
Verb
  • For this story, Jessie was gifted two Free People Emerson Tote Bags—the classic full-sized style and the mini suede version—to test.
    Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Every traveler has a favorite way of collecting memories—and mine began with a Canon AE-1, the camera my grandmother gifted me for a graduation gift many years back.
    Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • This budget will also have to determine long-term solutions for positions that are grant-funded, particularly in law enforcement.
    Sofi Zeman August 11, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The organizations, including MoveUp Southeast Michigan, MoveUp LA, and MoveUp Washington, will operate on their own but stay funded by the Ballmers.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • This funding has financed the trees, materials, coordination, planting and three-year stewardship of some 85,000 large canopy trees and 25,000 shrubs along streets and at nearly every San Jose school and park.
    Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Its results show a striking divergence between companies manufacturing new power technologies and those improving how energy is financed, deployed, managed and consumed.
    Rob Day, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Yet, now living in Los Angeles, I (and we) are blessed to have access to world-class mangoes, like those from Wong Farms.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
  • But blessed with unusual wit and sensitivity, as well as a delightful young cast, the Amazon drama nevertheless stands out as something special.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The fire has grown by only 2 acres since Monday, and fire lines are being established on the three fires that make up the Spokane Complex.
    Morgan Chesky, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Officials reported Wednesday that firefighters had established containment lines around the perimeters of all three fires affecting Spokane and that they were focused on reinforcing those lines.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In the 80s and 90s, even major teams had often been run on razor-thin margins (and were subsidized by owners).
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 31 July 2026
  • For decades, China has heavily subsidized its pharmaceutical and chemical sectors.
    Paul Friedrichs, STAT, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • Our athletes are better trained, conditioned, equipped, and coached than ever before.
    Ted Leonsis, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
  • They can be equipped with tanks to drop water or fire retardant onto blazes.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026

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“Endowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endowed. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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