endowed
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We have no heirs and plan to leave our assets to an endowed scholarship at my alma mater, plus a smaller gift to a local university program.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
Some have endowed their orders with moral condemnation.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026
Language, which evolved within the past 200,000 years, endowed our species with the ability to plan for the future and reflect on the past, thus extending our selves backward and forward in time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
The Smithsonian is named for James Smithson, a British scientist who endowed the museum with a gift in his will.
From Slate • Dec. 20, 2025
She was not endowed with, or old enough to possess, such independence of spirit.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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