as in talents
a special and usually inborn ability
it's a sin to waste one's God-given endowments
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Recent Examples of endowments
Private schools that don’t have billon-dollar endowments have struggled to maintain their excellence.
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Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 26 May 2026
Larger Ivy Leagues, like University of Pennsylvania and Cornell, also A+ graded, have endowments per student of $808,000 and $345,000, respectively.
—Matt Schifrin, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
And not, funningly enough, over those epic endowments !
—Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
Almost all the land was in the hands of oligarchic families or in the hands of mosques, the mosque endowments, and at the emancipation of women, giving women the right to vote.
—Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
At a slightly lower tier, those dedicated to Willem de Kooning, Andy Warhol, Andrew Wyeth, and Josef & Anni Albers, have endowments ranging from $255 million to $416 million.
—Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 1 May 2026
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.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, dozens of small colleges with small endowments, like Hampshire, cannot keep up.
—Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026
History will not measure our sector’s success by the size of our endowments or the sophistication of our strategies.
—Abigail Disney, Time, 16 Apr. 2026
Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 26 May 2026
Larger Ivy Leagues, like University of Pennsylvania and Cornell, also A+ graded, have endowments per student of $808,000 and $345,000, respectively.
—Matt Schifrin, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
And not, funningly enough, over those epic endowments !
—Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
Almost all the land was in the hands of oligarchic families or in the hands of mosques, the mosque endowments, and at the emancipation of women, giving women the right to vote.
—Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
At a slightly lower tier, those dedicated to Willem de Kooning, Andy Warhol, Andrew Wyeth, and Josef & Anni Albers, have endowments ranging from $255 million to $416 million.
—Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 1 May 2026
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.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, dozens of small colleges with small endowments, like Hampshire, cannot keep up.
—Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026
History will not measure our sector’s success by the size of our endowments or the sophistication of our strategies.
—Abigail Disney, Time, 16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for endowments
Noun
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This follows a series of antitrust victories against the NCAA and power conferences that have upended a system long inhibiting players’ abilities to fully benefit from the wealth their talents generated.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
3 June 2026
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Over 50 other chefs will be bringing their talents to the event this year.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Graduation is a huge milestone that calls for celebration and fanfare — and of course, gifts.—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
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Let’s take a look at the best unique gifts your dad will love this Father’s Day.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
Noun
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For this class, the premise is that your purpose in life lies to the intersection of your values, your aptitudes and your interests.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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This model reflects Japan’s long-standing corporate culture, which prioritizes new hires for their general potential—their aptitudes and aspirations, as opposed to their current skill sets or university majors—and then trains them on the job.—
GRACIA LIU-FARRER,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Nov. 2025
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One of Knudson-Freeman’s many knacks was research and development, according to Freeman, saying his mother always wanted the food chain’s menu to be craveable.—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
10 May 2026
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Get Rid Of Clutter Knick-knacks, stacks of magazines, and piles of untended laundry can be magnets for dust.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Endowments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endowments. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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