1
as in gifting
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 funding
to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income
a wealthy businessman who endowed several museums
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3
as in financing
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 endowing
The principal donation will go towards endowing the Met’s long-standing internships for undergraduate and graduate students in perpetuity.
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News Desk, Artforum, 4 May 2026
This information can indirectly influence national discussions by endowing them with more credibility.
—Marlen Bartsch, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Through flashbacks and leaps ahead in time, fragmentation and fantasy scenes, the film simulates complexity while endowing its characters with mere crumbs of knowledge and experience.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
As public funding for higher education has eroded, universities have increasingly turned to wealthy donors to underwrite major projects and supplement budgets by endowing professorships and research centers.
—Yana Van Der Meulen Rodgers, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2026
Nimer explains that following this money isn’t typically as direct as Sylvester endowing a second faculty chair this week in the DCC’s name.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the junta chief Min Aung Hlaing met in Moscow in May to discuss cooperation, endowing the junta with an air of global legitimacy.
—Dan Swift, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
In the past, people would even be buried under the khata porch, endowing the doorway with an important spiritual and ritual significance.
—Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025
News Desk, Artforum, 4 May 2026
This information can indirectly influence national discussions by endowing them with more credibility.
—Marlen Bartsch, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Through flashbacks and leaps ahead in time, fragmentation and fantasy scenes, the film simulates complexity while endowing its characters with mere crumbs of knowledge and experience.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
As public funding for higher education has eroded, universities have increasingly turned to wealthy donors to underwrite major projects and supplement budgets by endowing professorships and research centers.
—Yana Van Der Meulen Rodgers, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2026
Nimer explains that following this money isn’t typically as direct as Sylvester endowing a second faculty chair this week in the DCC’s name.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the junta chief Min Aung Hlaing met in Moscow in May to discuss cooperation, endowing the junta with an air of global legitimacy.
—Dan Swift, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
In the past, people would even be buried under the khata porch, endowing the doorway with an important spiritual and ritual significance.
—Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for endowing
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The experience economy has steadily reshaped gifting behaviour over the last decade, particularly among families looking to create memories rather than simply exchange possessions.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Please feel free to visit our online shop, and consider gifting a library card to a friend, or support us directly by hitting the donate button.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
31 May 2026
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In Florida, activists rallied this spring to protect treatment access for low-income residents, and successfully pressured lawmakers into funding HIV care through June 2026.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, insisted on cutting the current budget of more than $115 billion, while Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, preferred to keep funding essentially level.—
Jim Turner,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2026
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Like with financing the engagement ring, 0% APR credit cards can be a useful tool.—
Kelsey Neubauer,
CNBC,
30 May 2026
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It’s also populated with enough solid jokes and familiar faces to suggest that the execs who are still financing these kinds of projects believe the mainstream comedy has a profitable future.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
27 May 2026
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This phenomenon is formally known as the photic sneeze reflex, or as an Autosomal Cholinergic Helio-Ophthalmologic Outburst — unofficially blessing it with the spectacular acronym ACHOO syndrome.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Trump re-posted an image depicting Jesus blessing him, whcich was first posted by a right-wing Republican candidate for a Boston congressional seat.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Archer and Joby are establishing significant footprints already with bets in the Middle East, where regulators and governments have readily embraced the new tech.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
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But the incident will no doubt deal a blow to not only Blue Origin's ambitions of gaining ground on commercial spaceflight competitor SpaceX, but also to NASA's ambitions of establishing a foothold on the moon.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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Government interference in the market — using taxpayer money to build affordable housing, subsidizing mortgages, imposing zoning restrictions — creates another set of disincentives.—
Allison Schrager,
Twin Cities,
28 May 2026
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Law-abiding residents who follow the rules are subsidizing those who choose not to with higher insurance costs.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
27 May 2026
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Instead of optimizing for a moment of attention, this strategy focuses on equipping audiences with tools or knowledge, engaging them through participation and empowering them to carry ideas forward through their own networks and communities.—
Felicity Fellows,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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Flexibility aside, interacting with our world is one reason robotics engineers keep trying to make machines more human-like, equipping them with vision systems (eyes), microphones (ears), speakers (mouths), touch sensors, and many other systems.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 May 2026
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While that is still a possibility, Breslow hasn’t interviewed any candidates and is right now focused on supporting Tracy.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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The resulting benefits supporting pregnancy care, fertility care, surrogacy, adoption, egg freezing and the like have gained in popularity and made significant impacts.—
Rachel Braun Scherl,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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“Endowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endowing. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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