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endow

[en-dou] / ɛnˈdaʊ /


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David A. Duffield, the founder of PeopleSoft and Workday, is giving $371.5 million to Cornell University, largely to endow the Ivy League school’s engineering college, which will be named after him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Kaufman also donated an undisclosed sum to create and endow the USC Kaufman School of Dance, and to build its home, the Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025

For breeders to make use of that diversity, however, they need to know which landraces could endow wheat with potentially desirable traits.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 16, 2024

"We show that we can use this fluid to endow intelligence into a simple robot," said Djellouli.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2024

“With this varvel,” the Wart heard, “I thee endow... love, honour and obey... till jess us do part.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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