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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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Strategies like utilizing Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS), donating appreciated shares, or gifting to lower-income individuals can help avoid capital gains.
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There will be interactive activities such as a puppy red carpet with step and repeat, gifting suite for dog, and custom comic by DC comic artists with owner and their dog.
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Much of that growth has flowed into the same infrastructure debt funding the AI build-out, the data-centre bonds and private credit that carry investment-grade ratings and pay more than ordinary corporate paper.
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Vice President Vance told CNN that this means Iran will stop funding proxy forces and destabilizing the region; Tehran might well interpret that differently.
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Under the current arrangement, Core Power is financing the initial exploratory work.
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Entergy is financing Cypress Solar through a Generating Arkansas Jobs Act Rider.
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By visiting the Basilica and blessing the new tower, the pope follows in the footsteps of Pope Benedict XVI who in 2010 consecrated the Sagrada Familia.
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Thank you for entering this world safely for us and blessing us with the gift of being your parents.
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Onboard mechanical systems convert the kinetic movement of waves into a steady supply of electricity, establishing a continuous power source that functions independently of weather-dependent terrestrial renewables like solar or wind.
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Worthington spent 14 seasons in the major leagues and appeared in 602 games, establishing himself as one of the premier relief pitchers of his era.
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Mark Cohen observed that law firms have long depended upon clients subsidizing the development of young lawyers through billable work and that AI challenges both the economics and developmental logic of that arrangement.
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If a new owner would be willing, should the taxpayers of Anaheim consider subsidizing the name?
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Part of that process involved Quenda embarking on a rigorous programme of nutrition and muscle development aimed at better equipping him to handle the greater degree of physicality in Premier League football without compromising his speed or agility.
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So in 2022, Helen Keller and some other nonprofits partnered with the Senegal Ministry of Health to try something different - training and equipping community health workers to treat severe acute malnutrition.
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All proceeds to the sell-out show, which was simulcast on ESPN, benefited the Garden of Dreams Foundation, the MSG non-profit supporting children in need.
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Infantry attempting to move along the front, vehicle convoys transporting supplies, command posts coordinating operations, and artillery units supporting assaults are increasingly vulnerable to Ukrainian drone operators who can identify and strike targets with unprecedented speed and precision.
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“Endowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endowing. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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