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as in privileged
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as in talented
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as in endowed
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 gifted
Joelle Diderich, WWD, 9 Jan. 2025
Cancer: Dewey Dewey is a very gifted piano player who chooses to hide his talents.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
So, naturally, when Hoult wrapped filming, Eggers gifted him the prop so that the actor would always be able to gaze upon it and remember the experience.
—EW.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
Others are relatively recent and were frequently gifted to his lovers and friends.
—Joelle Diderich, WWD, 9 Jan. 2025
Cancer: Dewey Dewey is a very gifted piano player who chooses to hide his talents.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
Verb
Be prepared to break that controller that your partner gifted you, apologize, and take them out to dinner.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
So, naturally, when Hoult wrapped filming, Eggers gifted him the prop so that the actor would always be able to gaze upon it and remember the experience.
—EW.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gifted
Adjective
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Mainstream narrative movies tether you to stories with strategies and techniques that — much like the ghost here — gives you a close, privileged angle on what’s happening.—
Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Moreover, closed-door meetings between administration officials and major Bitcoin miners ahead of these announcements further highlight the risk of information asymmetry, where privileged market participants could gain undue advantage.—
Alexandra Andhov,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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When Saudi Arabia, endowed with plentiful reserves of oil and gas, scrambles to build nuclear power plants, the country is not meeting its energy needs.—
Thomas Bass
Author,
Newsweek,
19 Dec. 2024
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Allen, the former associate dean for academic affairs in the UAMS College of Health Professions, endowed the concert series before her death in 2023.—
Eric E. Harrison,
arkansasonline.com,
19 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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And, if the Eagles decide to pass in such situations, crowded boxes, if matched with man coverage, are prime targets for Philadelphia’s favored mesh routes.—
Ben Standig,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Dogecoin became a favored cryptocurrency of billionaire Elon Musk, who even named his federal cost-cutting group, the Department of Government Efficiency, after it.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Pittsburgh native John Gibson turned in an inspired performance, making 31 saves.—
Andrew Knoll,
Orange County Register,
24 Jan. 2025
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Transcendence The dimension of transcendence with its behaviors of being appreciative, inspired, purposeful, optimistic, and creative, points to its importance in cultivating a sense of possibility with clarity about what is important.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
Verb
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An ordinary guy like me can be blessed with an extraordinary opportunity like this.—
Beatrice Peterson,
ABC News,
3 Jan. 2025
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Tatum said he has been blessed to play under Stevens, Udoka and Mazzulla.—
Jay King,
The Athletic,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Very few people are fortunate enough to start a residency program, making Dr. Hartford’s work in this role a unique feature of his career.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
27 Jan. 2025
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While many people in a progressive city like Orlando agree that government ought to do more to help the less fortunate, few seem to want the homeless nearby.—
Michael Cuglietta,
Orlando Sentinel,
26 Jan. 2025
Verb
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There are balconies on every floor, plus a front porch equipped with fire pits and snug seating nooks (ideal for enjoying a post-dinner amaro from the lounge, which also serves coffee and Flour Moon bagels in the morning and small dishes all day).—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
24 Dec. 2024
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Speech recognition, learning and planning, and problem solving are some of the fundamental tasks that computers equipped with artificial intelligence and machine learning are supposed to perform.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Those of us lucky enough to have English as a native language are to some degree inoculated from this issue, given its status as the language of business, aviation and international education.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2025
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For the lucky few end clients, visiting Greubel Forsey’s manufacture should be a requirement.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Gifted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gifted. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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