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 Earlier this year, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the university and the Academy were renegotiating heir relationship; Drexel wanted a full merger, which would grant it the building, endowment and collections. — Andrew Stelzer, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026 Tulley said the grant allows the college to improve its health and wellness center and to develop infrastructure to grow its endowment. — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2026 Rather than surrender its ability to consider alumni and donor connections, Stanford withdrew from those programs and replaced the money from its multi-billion-dollar endowment. — Jayson Weingarten, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026 The idea has been controversial in education circles and at Yale, where the university’s endowment is estimated at $44 billion. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 23 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for endowment

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Games Can’t Gamble on Talent Opportunities to develop emerging talent are becoming harder to find, particularly in video games, van Beek said.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Some from the more traditional world struggled to understand a TV and film production company that began life as a music video producer and doubled as a commercials maker and talent house for directors.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of talent

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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
Naturally, his work at Celine has now been put in conversation with hers, especially because both designers share an aptitude for creating clothes real people want to wear–and, therefore, many of the same fans.

— Joan Kennedy, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of aptitude

Noun

All four movies exhibit Mackenzie’s knack for trenchant social and political commentary slightly heightened by his elegance as a dramatist and visceral genre filmmaker, and all are accompanied by illuminating supplements.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2026
The album was produced by James Ford, one half of the electronic duo Simian Mobile Disco; Ford has also produced records for Geese, Arctic Monkeys, Pulp, Blur, and Depeche Mode, and has a particular knack for making songs sound both verdant and raw.

— Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026

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