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endowment

[en-dou-muhnt] / ɛnˈdaʊ mənt /




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He more than doubled the share of endowment assets in hedge funds, holdings that helped Harvard outperform almost all of its peers in 2024, according to Markov.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Today, roughly 90% of the $56.9 billion endowment is managed externally.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Hollein said he and the Lauder family began quietly fundraising two weeks ago for an endowment to pay for the ongoing upkeep of the museum, officially known as the Met Ronald S. Lauder Neue Galerie.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

It closed last year after its endowment came to an end.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

According to the linguistic school currently on top, human beings are all born with a genetic endowment for recognizing and formulating language.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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