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endows

verb

present tense third-person singular of endow

as in blesses

to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute a young performer endowed with a great singing voice

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as in establishes

to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income a wealthy businessman who endowed several museums

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as in finances

to provide money for the program to bring the arts to inner-city youths is endowed by a grant from the federal government

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Recent Examples of endows The unique porous structure of this magnesium foam endows the material with exceptional mechanical properties, combining high formability with high energy absorption. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 May 2026 Jinn endows Jung with hidden dimensions of pain and regret. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026 The Constitution endows Congress with the authority to do just that, if only the body could be motivated to act. — Robert Goulder, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 Taking care of her niece endows the narrator with purpose; love overpowers her. — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025 And our unity with divine Mind endows each of us with the intelligence, spiritual insight, and perspicacity to make sound decisions, including consenting to receiving all the good God has prepared for us. — Karen Neff, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Apr. 2025

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Venus conjunct Jupiter in Cancer blesses your 11th house of friends, community and long-term hopes, making collaboration warmer and all the more promising.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
At a monastery in the Himalayan foothills, a teenage Buddhist lama blesses thousands.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 May 2026

Definition of blesses

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Certification framework finalized For aircraft that introduce new technologies, the G-1 Issue Paper establishes the certification basis before engineers begin proving compliance.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
The transformation at the course, set on a former dairy farm with views of the Green Mountains, firmly establishes Stowe as one of New England’s top 36-hole golf destinations.

— Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of establishes

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Seeing his grandson suffer, Geppetto (Richard Brake) gifts him a new companion, the titular puppet.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 27 June 2026
The Godfather of Harlem star, who has portrayed the character for more than 350 episodes, reveals that every day and every new script gifts him with a new life lesson.

— Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026

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The National Science Foundation jointly funds and operates the observatory with the Department of Energy’s Office of Science.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Established in 2014, the Frieze London Artist Award honors artists at a crucial point in their careers and funds the realization of a new work to be presented at the London fair.

— News Desk, Artforum, 7 July 2026

Definition of funds

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While the intent is good, the reality is that the program disproportionately subsidizes the wealthiest homeowners at the expense of new buyers.

— Dale V.C. Holness, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026
Public lands grazing is overseen by a nearly century-old system that heavily subsidizes some of the wealthiest Americans while doing little to address its harms to the environment, ProPublica and High Country News found last year.

— Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 7 July 2026

Definition of subsidizes

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The strongest organizations are building systems where AI improves workflows and equips agents with better information in real time, while humans remain responsible for judgment, communication and trust.

— Jose Herrera, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
AerAware departs from traditional head-up displays and instead equips both pilots with a dual wearable system that delivers the same information to each cockpit seat.

— Amalia Roy, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2026

Definition of equips

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An investor who underwrites to the seller's tax line rather than the post-sale reassessment is buying a cap rate that will never actually exist for them.

— Tony Julianelle, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Goldman advises hyperscalers, underwrites chip company offerings, and sits at the table with the companies building the very infrastructure Covello was interrogating.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 May 2026

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