endowment

noun

in-ˈdau̇-mənt How to pronounce endowment (audio)
Definition of endowmentnext
as in talent
a special and usually inborn ability it's a sin to waste one's God-given endowments

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Recent Examples of endowment The World Monuments Fund has raised $62 million, tripling its endowment and beating its fundraising goal eighteen months ahead of schedule. — News Desk, Artforum, 29 Oct. 2026 DePaul University’s College of Law has been renamed after an alum whose $30 million gift will fund endowments, scholarships, faculty fellowships and a new law center, the school announced. — Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026 The new strategic direction comes less than one year into Ford Foundation President Heather Gerken's tenure at the helm of the social justice funder's $18 billion endowment. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026 The gift is one of the largest contributions in Sundance Institute history after a $4 million endowment to the Institute’s Indigenous Program from the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria received in 2023. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for endowment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for endowment
  1. talent
  2. gift
  3. aptitude
  4. knack
Noun
  • Other Caller alumni suggested to Semafor that the recent pivot could threaten what in the last decade has become an important talent pipeline and incubator for the right.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The annual tribute dinner format will change, too, with host Guy Fieri celebrating two decades of Food Network talent that have shaped the festival.
    — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of talent
Noun
  • Black Friday brings $600 off plus complimentary gifts For Black Friday, iGarden is offering the K70 at US$699, down from its regular retail price of US$1,299.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Court filings allege that Sapov became obsessed with the victim, tracked down their relatives on social media and sent gifts to the victim’s residence.
    — Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of gift
Noun
  • Even entering the simplest numbers therefore requires a lot of time and patience (as well as a certain aptitude for arithmetic).
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The Duke then entered the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, where his aptitude for foreign languages was recognized with a prize.
    — Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of aptitude
Noun
  • The media and the fanbase, Splitter believes, have a knack for latching onto minutiae, extrapolating a short trend into potential disaster down the line.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Unfortunately for us, those tenants have evolved a sticky knack for evading eviction, creating a webbing known as biofilm that prevents them from being easily licked or swallowed away.
    — Mike McRae, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of knack

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