endowed

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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

“And when you were up on the rock, then every crystal, crack, and ripple was endowed with indissoluble, life-saving importance, each dike and chickenhead inalienably itself.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 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

The senior official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said: "The United States remains committed to the Declaration of Independence's recognition that all men are endowed by the Creator with certain unalienable rights."

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

She was not endowed with, or old enough to possess, such independence of spirit.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan