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
To her own children and, soon, the community’s children through endowments and scholarships, including $1 million to FIU’s music graduate students in the 1990s.
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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
Flaks said the projects will be financed primarily through bond funding supported by the corporation’s endowment and other philanthropic gifts.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
That is borne out by the real-life strategy of the University of California endowment, run by Jagdeep Singh Bachher, who seven years ago shifted a significant portion of the fund’s assets from hedge funds, private equity and venture capital into low cost stock index funds.
—Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, dozens of small colleges with small endowments, like Hampshire, cannot keep up.
—Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026
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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
Flaks said the projects will be financed primarily through bond funding supported by the corporation’s endowment and other philanthropic gifts.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
That is borne out by the real-life strategy of the University of California endowment, run by Jagdeep Singh Bachher, who seven years ago shifted a significant portion of the fund’s assets from hedge funds, private equity and venture capital into low cost stock index funds.
—Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, dozens of small colleges with small endowments, like Hampshire, cannot keep up.
—Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for endowment
Noun
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Walter was an accomplished singer and Marian played the piano, but Crenshaw evidently did not inherit a talent for music.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Even as a young writer, her talent for digging up interesting stats, along with her contagious positivity and love for the game, set her apart in a crowded media landscape.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2026
Noun
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The oversized gift was presented on April 28 in Washington, DC, during King Charles III and Queen Camilla's four‑day state visit to the United States.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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His gift is an uncanny ability to solve crimes that leave the LAPD baffled, armed only with the savvy and dry humor reminiscent of the gumshoe detectives of the noir genre.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Learning about her aptitude for difficult conversations, a counselor directed her toward social work instead.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026
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Murray-Boyles separates himself with his defensive aptitude, though.—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky had a knack for taking his characters on journeys that change them beyond recognition.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Apr. 2026
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Ian does his best to make the most of his time with his son, but the single father has a knack for complicating things.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Endowment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endowment. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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