as in blessing
to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute
gifted with an uncanny ability to persuade people to do things they ordinarily wouldn't
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Recent Examples of gifting
In other words, gifting from your IRA isn’t as seamless as making a qualified charitable distribution from your IRA or naming someone as a beneficiary of your IRA.
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Christine Benz, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
The Supreme Court's ruling will ultimately determine if the collection of the funds was constitutional, thus either allowing or preventing the president from gifting Americans the money generated.
—Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 3 Feb. 2026
In Maori culture, gifting someone jade is very meaningful.
—Rick Cantu, Austin American Statesman, 3 Feb. 2026
After winning the next point, Djokovic pushed a backhand wide, gifting Alcaraz two chances to break.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
More than half of this year’s Valentine’s Day list comes in under $25, and while there are some great options for gifting to everyone in the family, there are also tons of little luxuries worth buying for yourself, too.
—Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
Another Pittsburgh business is gifting the city a significant amount of money to help upgrade its winter equipment.
—Patrick Damp, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
Unlike normal gifting tax rules, which impose tax on the giver, this special tax – called section 2801 tax – is imposed on the gift recipient unless the recipient is a spouse or certain charities that would qualify for other deductions.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
In the 19th century, the Homestead Act offered free public land to any American citizen who lived on a claim for five years, cementing the loyalty of millions of voters to a Republican Party that was simultaneously gifting public resources to railroads and mining companies.
—Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
Christine Benz, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
The Supreme Court's ruling will ultimately determine if the collection of the funds was constitutional, thus either allowing or preventing the president from gifting Americans the money generated.
—Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 3 Feb. 2026
In Maori culture, gifting someone jade is very meaningful.
—Rick Cantu, Austin American Statesman, 3 Feb. 2026
After winning the next point, Djokovic pushed a backhand wide, gifting Alcaraz two chances to break.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
More than half of this year’s Valentine’s Day list comes in under $25, and while there are some great options for gifting to everyone in the family, there are also tons of little luxuries worth buying for yourself, too.
—Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
Another Pittsburgh business is gifting the city a significant amount of money to help upgrade its winter equipment.
—Patrick Damp, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
Unlike normal gifting tax rules, which impose tax on the giver, this special tax – called section 2801 tax – is imposed on the gift recipient unless the recipient is a spouse or certain charities that would qualify for other deductions.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
In the 19th century, the Homestead Act offered free public land to any American citizen who lived on a claim for five years, cementing the loyalty of millions of voters to a Republican Party that was simultaneously gifting public resources to railroads and mining companies.
—Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gifting
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For decades, Kris Jenner has been blessing screens and red carpets in her iconic pixie cut.—
Audrey Noble,
InStyle,
13 Jan. 2026
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Before kickoff on Sunday night, a priest was seen blessing the end zone where Ravens kicker Ravens kicker Tyler Loop would eventually miss the would-be walk-off field goal that would have sent Baltimore into the playoffs.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
5 Jan. 2026
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the junta chief Min Aung Hlaing met in Moscow in May to discuss cooperation, endowing the junta with an air of global legitimacy.—
Dan Swift,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Sep. 2025
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In the past, people would even be buried under the khata porch, endowing the doorway with an important spiritual and ritual significance.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Aug. 2025
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Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis sanctioned a £200million 13-player recruitment campaign in the summer, with the intention of equipping Forest with sufficient squad depth to compete.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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The drone is being designed to allow for equipping it with additional sensing gear to do things like sniff out gases produced by fires, and measure outside temperatures.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Gifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gifting. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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