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endowment

[en-dou-muhnt] / ɛnˈdaʊ mənt /




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UNC Management would have more of its endowment in SpaceX had it not sold shares in a secondary share sale toward the end of 2025, some of the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

SpaceX makes up at least a midteens percentage of the endowment of Washington University in St. Louis, said a person familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Stanford has a sizable position in SpaceX as well, according to people familiar with the endowment; one person said it falls well short of 10%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

There’s the investment manager of the endowment at Washington University in St. Louis who plunked down $50 million into SpaceX External link nearly a decade ago, which is now worth in excess of $1 billion.

From Barron's • May 29, 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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