ENDOWMENT Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

endowment

noun

in-ˈdau̇-mənt

Definition of endowment

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 effects have been felt most acutely at schools with small endowments and those that enroll large percentages of international students recruited from abroad. — Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 16 July 2026 Although the Smithsonian does have an endowment that could theoretically keep it afloat, the withholding of funding could bring about closures. — Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026 Last year, Gates told Fortune the foundation planned to spend more than $200 billion over the following 20 years before paying out its remaining endowment and shutting down in 2045. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 14 July 2026 When the two endowments were created, in 1965, the arts were still largely understood in formalist, apolitical terms. — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for endowment

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Noun

Diversity leaders, who have often been positioned around talent, will no longer be able to lean on the annual EEO1 report that many have relied on to understand the demographic data needed to excel in their position.

— Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
As well as his dazzling talent, supporters loved the tireless work rate and enthusiasm of their No 7.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Definition of talent

Noun

Staff visit mothers in the hospital, bring small gifts to celebrate their new babies, conduct developmental screenings and connect families with evaluations or services when needed.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
The gift is the latest step in an aggressive national expansion that has the 153-year-old university opening a New York City campus this fall, planning a graduate campus in West Palm Beach, and building a quantum-computing institute in Chattanooga.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 23 July 2026

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Noun

Valeri, who began playing at age 4 in his Buenos Aires suburb, said the futbol passion and aptitude run deep in a country where community pride infuses youth-club rivalries and street soccer prevails in many neighborhoods.

— Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
King contrasted the country’s technological expertise with its moral aptitude.

— Dawn M. Turner, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

Definition of aptitude

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