endow

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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

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

The funds will endow directors’ chairs for the African American, Chicano and American Indian studies centers.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2024

This is why they made no effort to prepare the child for life, since the stars had already conspired to endow her with so many gifts.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende