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
But things that worked 50 or 60 years ago, the endowments to do the science back then, are not the same as now with expensive and sophisticated state-of-the-art equipment and a more complex infrastructure.
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Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Trouble for the little guys Highly prestigious schools, including the Ivies or public systems with large endowments like the University of California, might be insulated from the demographic crisis, Baum said.
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Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
20 June 2026
Most Red Raiders feel that Texas Tech does not get its proper piece of all of that Permian Basin revenue, which flows legally, and freely, to Texas A&M and the University of Texas; those rights bloat A&M to UT’s respective endowments to the billions, while Tech only gets millions.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 June 2026
Pension funds and endowments that wrote checks for venture exposure may end up with something closer to private equity.
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Jasmine Wu,deirdre Bosa,
CNBC,
8 June 2026
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
And not, funningly enough, over those epic endowments !
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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.
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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.
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Angelica Villa,
ARTnews.com,
1 May 2026
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Trouble for the little guys Highly prestigious schools, including the Ivies or public systems with large endowments like the University of California, might be insulated from the demographic crisis, Baum said.
—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
20 June 2026
Most Red Raiders feel that Texas Tech does not get its proper piece of all of that Permian Basin revenue, which flows legally, and freely, to Texas A&M and the University of Texas; those rights bloat A&M to UT’s respective endowments to the billions, while Tech only gets millions.
—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 June 2026
Pension funds and endowments that wrote checks for venture exposure may end up with something closer to private equity.
—
Jasmine Wu,deirdre Bosa,
CNBC,
8 June 2026
Private schools that don’t have billon-dollar endowments have struggled to maintain their excellence.
—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
26 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for endowments
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Instead of demanding personal fealty or humiliating them to assert personal dominance, Lincoln absorbed their egos and occasional slights, elevating their talents and turning his fiercest political adversaries into his most devoted champions.
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That said, the success of a company as large as Alphabet, over the long-term, is about far more than the talents of a few key executives.
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An appeals court in April sentenced Yoon’s wife, Kim Keon Hee, to four years in prison after convicting her on various charges, including receiving luxury gifts from a Unification Church official.
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To surrender to those gifts, as Rowland put it, was to shatter boundaries that had previously kept Black artists segregated to genre and medium.
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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.
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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.
Noun
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Donate your knick-knacks to the thrift store for the true collectors to snatch up.
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There are thousands of different novelties, knick-knacks and souvenirs here.
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“Endowments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endowments. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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