as in talent
a special and usually inborn ability
it's a sin to waste one's God-given endowments
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Recent Examples of endowment
Nearly $4 million of the $10 million endowment is currently funded.
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 29 Jan. 2025
Finalist Michael Hartline is dean of Florida State University’s College of Business, overseeing more than 8,200 students, six academic departments, and an $82 million endowment.
—Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2025
Losing federal funding is seen as catastrophic for colleges, Harvard's vast endowment offering a rare exception.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Hammons was born in Fairview and the trust provided $500,000 to establish an endowment to run a local community center.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 29 Jan. 2025
Finalist Michael Hartline is dean of Florida State University’s College of Business, overseeing more than 8,200 students, six academic departments, and an $82 million endowment.
—Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2025
Losing federal funding is seen as catastrophic for colleges, Harvard's vast endowment offering a rare exception.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Hammons was born in Fairview and the trust provided $500,000 to establish an endowment to run a local community center.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for endowment
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The luxury hotel anthology series takes place in Thailand this season, with a murderer’s row of acting talent at the ready.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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Keep all of the best goodies off limits, on the other hand, and the Leafs will be limited to acquiring the same kind of marginal talent — third- and fourth-liners, third-pairing defencemen — as last spring.—
Jonas Siegel,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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Tattoo The Philadelphia Eagles' offensive linemen received a very special gift from star running back Saquon Barkley.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Bridget Jones is going straight to Universal’s streaming service Peacock in the U.S. in a Valentine’s gift to existing subscribers and in a bid to lure to subs.—
Pamela McClintock,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
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In 1966, at the height of the Vietnam War, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara instituted Project 100,000, in which recruits whose aptitude had been determined to be too low to serve in the military would be admitted and sent to fight.—
Dexter Filkins,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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But the aptitude, not to mention attitude, starts with the teaching and tone set by a one-of-a-kind force.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
2 Feb. 2025
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White also has a knack for assembling fantastic casts, and he’s done it again here, with Posey stealing scenes and making memes as proudly old-fashioned matriarch Victoria, who pairs an airy superiority with a taste for prescription pills.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
13 Feb. 2025
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Ken had a knack for bringing joy and laughter to any gathering.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Endowment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endowment. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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