endowing

verb

present participle of endow
1
as in gifting
to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute a young performer endowed with a great singing voice

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2
as in funding
to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income a wealthy businessman who endowed several museums

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3
as in financing
to provide money for the program to bring the arts to inner-city youths is endowed by a grant from the federal government

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Recent Examples of endowing The principal donation will go towards endowing the Met’s long-standing internships for undergraduate and graduate students in perpetuity. — News Desk, Artforum, 4 May 2026 This information can indirectly influence national discussions by endowing them with more credibility. — Marlen Bartsch, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026 Through flashbacks and leaps ahead in time, fragmentation and fantasy scenes, the film simulates complexity while endowing its characters with mere crumbs of knowledge and experience. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026 As public funding for higher education has eroded, universities have increasingly turned to wealthy donors to underwrite major projects and supplement budgets by endowing professorships and research centers. — Yana Van Der Meulen Rodgers, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2026 Nimer explains that following this money isn’t typically as direct as Sylvester endowing a second faculty chair this week in the DCC’s name. — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026 Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the junta chief Min Aung Hlaing met in Moscow in May to discuss cooperation, endowing the junta with an air of global legitimacy. — Dan Swift, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025 In the past, people would even be buried under the khata porch, endowing the doorway with an important spiritual and ritual significance. — Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for endowing
  1. gifting
  2. funding
  3. financing
  4. blessing
  5. establishing
  6. subsidizing
  7. equipping
  8. supporting
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  • According to a press release, the gift was valued at more than $40 million and broke the record for the largest surprise audience gifting in live entertainment.
    — Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Once their spring blooms are complete, Aggrey meticulously collects the seed pods from the clarkias, gilias and phacelias, processes the seeds and packages them for gifting before the subsequent spring.
    — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
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  • For Kyiv, that list likely includes respect for its sovereign rights, security guarantees, military capabilities sufficient to deter Russia, and funding for reconstruction.
    — Matt Waldman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Helly Hansen provided relief for audit expenses rather than directly funding worker reimbursements.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of funding
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  • Taking on new debt, like financing a car, furniture or appliances, can shift your DTI at the wrong time.
    — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Now financing for a first-half 2028 shoot, the project has passed through Tres Puertos, MECAS and Berlinale Talents Buenos Aires.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
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  • By visiting the Basilica and blessing the new tower, the pope follows in the footsteps of Pope Benedict XVI who in 2010 consecrated the Sagrada Familia.
    — Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 10 June 2026
  • Jimmy Fallon has been blessing the New York Knicks with good humor for decades.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
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  • Netanyahu’s government, the most nationalist and religious in Israel’s history, has boasted of establishing over 100 new settlements.
    — Joseph Krauss, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Turkey’s Defense Ministry confirmed Thursday that Ankara is participating in meetings in Jeddah aimed at establishing the coalition.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of establishing
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  • The intent is to win fast, but the capital that should fund growth ends up subsidizing speed.
    — Ashish Srimal, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The first terawatt was mostly rich countries subsidizing the installation of solar, with China and poor countries still finding photovoltaics too expensive.
    — Akshat Rathi, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of subsidizing
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  • Advertisement Solomon therefore expressed skepticism about equipping thousands of DHS field agents, across the country, with even more advanced surveillance tools.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The installations at the 500 delis were completed in April, but the city has not committed any additional funds towards equipping the thousands of bodegas that remain unprotected, Mateo said.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of equipping
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  • Meanwhile, Mercury in your private 12th house sextiles Venus in your 2nd House of Resources, supporting quiet decisions around money, self-worth, and peace.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Johnson said the development could add to the local tax base while supporting construction and information technology jobs.
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
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