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or indued
1
as in suffused
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle
professional soldiers endued with an ironclad sense of duty and honor
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2
as in endowed
to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute
she's always been endued with an unquenchable optimism
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Reid seemed to truly believe, despite the partisanship that suffused the column, that the Senate had been badly damaged.—
Jon Ralston,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2026 -
Slow-attack tones emerge and are subsumed back within the haze, like single strands of a spiderweb zooming in and out of focus; the uppermost reaches are suffused in a delicate scrim of what sounds like electronic crickets.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
14 Jan. 2026
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Koren returned to work stripped of two titles and of a chair that had been endowed in his name.—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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With an $18 million gift, the couple endowed the Texas Center for Writers, which was renamed the Michener Center after his death in 1997.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Jan. 2026
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These bold design choices are imbued with meaning—nothing about Fennell’s take is subtle.—
Rachel Wallace,
Architectural Digest,
28 Jan. 2026
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Dishes are subtly crafted and imbued with seasonal local flavours (a personal favourite?—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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My parents never failed to regard themselves as blessed, especially in the darkest of times.—
John E. Green,
Time,
1 Feb. 2026
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Canlemas Day began as a Catholic tradition in which people took their candles to church to be blessed and used through the rest of the year, according to The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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Defense secretary was given a $3,700 bronze statue, while CIA chief was gifted a $3,000 horse saddle.—
MATTHEW LEE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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Other times, surprises come unexpectedly — like the Range Rover Wade once gifted her with a bow on top.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Endued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endued. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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