1
as in to gift
to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute
a young performer endowed with a great singing voice
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2
as in to fund
to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income
a wealthy businessman who endowed several museums
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as in to finance
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 endow
Chairs in Yiddish have been endowed at major universities.
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
Remnants of the monarchy When the Constitution was written, many people – from those who drafted the document to those who read it – believed that endowing the president with such powers was dangerous.
—Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2025
The music endows the revival with a fluidity that is made all the more haunting by the otherworldly echoes of Peter Rice’s sound design.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
Reflecting this, Anglo-American law long endowed prosecutors with unrestricted authority to drop cases.
—The Editors, National Review, 21 Feb. 2025
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
Remnants of the monarchy When the Constitution was written, many people – from those who drafted the document to those who read it – believed that endowing the president with such powers was dangerous.
—Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2025
The music endows the revival with a fluidity that is made all the more haunting by the otherworldly echoes of Peter Rice’s sound design.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
Reflecting this, Anglo-American law long endowed prosecutors with unrestricted authority to drop cases.
—The Editors, National Review, 21 Feb. 2025
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Daffy Taffy Amy Sedaris’s wellness mogul character Bethany Welles gifts the captain and crew her special saltwater taffy … which turns out to have psilocybin in it, causing the first mate to trip balls just as the Odyssey finds itself in the eye of a hurricane.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
2 Apr. 2025
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Are there trusts or future gifting plans to consider?—
Larry Light,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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That’s bad news for those relying at least in part on their stock portfolio to realize short-term goals, such as buying a home or funding an imminent retirement.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2025
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The fund was given a total of $27 billion dollars to help fund clean energy projects in low-income communities.—
Callie Patteson,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Apr. 2025
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In some cases, Russia is believed to have directly financed the election campaigns of candidates friendly to its interests.—
Josh Holder,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The Little River project will be financed by a combination of private investment, which Swerdlow said has already been secured, and the sale of federal tax credits designed to support affordable housing development.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2025
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Their relationship is romantic in a platonic sense, yet there is also nothing wrong with shipping these two — God bless.—
John DeVore,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2025
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The beautiful island of Jamaica, which I am blessed enough to call home, was not just a simple backdrop for our #Sheacation, but the country’s culture was truly engrained into every aspect of the trip.—
Kayla Greaves,
Essence,
1 Apr. 2025
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Regional hubs have been established in North America, China, France, Sweden, and Spain to cover the specific requirements and automotive regulations of the respective countries.—
Jeanette Rohr,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The bill, which became law despite Thurmond’s protest, established voting rights protections for Black people across the country.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2025
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The unions pushed back on that, arguing that the incentive should be used to keep as many jobs in California as possible, and not to subsidize projects primarily filmed in other states or overseas.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
4 Apr. 2025
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Private bus companies, in the 1950s and 1960s, were fiscal failures and nation wide those services were converted into transit districts that were state and federally subsidized.—
George Pohorilak,
Hartford Courant,
4 Apr. 2025
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Schools must be equipped and required to implement best practices with fidelity.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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At its core, WTR equips organizations with the tools to detect and monitor cultural shifts, ensuring that businesses don’t just survive but thrive in global markets.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA Today,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Endow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endow. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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