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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
Arika Herron, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
Gray was obviously a gifted storyteller, but by juxtaposing different source material the interviews punctuate the pain and darkness behind the prose.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 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
Lawmakers will consider overall K-12 spending and drill down on funding for the gifted and talented program and summer school.
—Arika Herron, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
Gray was obviously a gifted storyteller, but by juxtaposing different source material the interviews punctuate the pain and darkness behind the prose.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 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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Laws are not meant to be twisted and curated by privileged elites to fit their own personal agenda.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
Fox News,
21 Mar. 2025
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Vivacious, outlandish Cee Cee and beautiful, privileged Bertie meet as children and become fast friends.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 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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The Horizon In case there is any doubt, political consumerism is on the rise and boycotts seem to be the favored means of expressing it.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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The book’s heroes, a quartet of lifelong friends from King’s favored town of Derry, contend with the alien invaders in the woods of Maine amid an overwhelming blizzard, which gives the story its suitably chilling backdrop.—
Calum Marsh,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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There is one creative use of a wooden clog that’s pretty inspired, and a couple of scenes with Kidman in Dutch wardrobe that are unsettling, purposefully or not.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2025
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Isar's Spectrum also isn't reusable, but European officials hope competition from new startups will produce fresh launch options, and perhaps stimulate an inspired response from Europe's entrenched launch companies.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
23 Mar. 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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One thing that’s fortunate is that as much as Boygenius fans loved you together, and not everybody got to see a show, the vast majority want just as much to hear the solo records that are coming.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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The crowd at Kauffman Stadium for opening day was full of children fortunate enough to be on spring break to see the Royals play the Guardians, along with adults passing on their own love of the spring tradition.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Playing cards and jokers can be equipped with enhancements that will increase your score.—
Scott Robertson,
Rolling Stone,
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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Very lucky, since SKATE left me with 399 words and LINER only cut that to 49.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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The crime film will be lucky to even crack the top five in its debut.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Gifted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gifted. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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