as in talent
a special and usually inborn ability
it's a sin to waste one's God-given endowments
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Recent Examples of endowment
Private equity investors, including endowments, are desperate to offload illiquid stakes.
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Dan Irvine, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Many of these institutions lacked the large endowments that allowed elite privates to weather the financial challenges brought on by the pandemic.
—Amy Li, The Conversation, 16 May 2025
Colleges with endowments over $750,000 to $1.25 million per pupil will pay a 7% tax, while colleges with endowments over $1.25 million per student but below $2 million would pay 14%.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 May 2025
Meanwhile, private universities could face new taxes for large endowments.
—Riley Beggin, USA Today, 23 May 2025
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Dan Irvine, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Many of these institutions lacked the large endowments that allowed elite privates to weather the financial challenges brought on by the pandemic.
—Amy Li, The Conversation, 16 May 2025
Colleges with endowments over $750,000 to $1.25 million per pupil will pay a 7% tax, while colleges with endowments over $1.25 million per student but below $2 million would pay 14%.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 May 2025
Meanwhile, private universities could face new taxes for large endowments.
—Riley Beggin, USA Today, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for endowment
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There was a concern Forest would have to cash in on either Morgan Gibbs-White or Murillo — the Brazilian who retains the unusual talent, for a defender, of being truly exciting to watch — to keep themselves out of PSR trouble.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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Pittsburgh has the talent on the roster to win at a high level with a star quarterback under center.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
Noun
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Even occasional summer watering will kill it or shorten its life, which is only about four or five years anyway, but wow, what a gift to hummingbirds and other pollinators, not to mention anyone who loves a dramatic, fragrant garden.—
Jeanette Marantos,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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Neither Hezbollah nor the state had come to survey the extensive damage, although Hezbollah had given Abdullah and others who had lost their homes between twelve thousand to fourteen thousand dollars apiece, part of what the group’s leader called a gift from Iran.—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
Noun
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But there must be a method, some sort of expertise and aptitude for the assignment.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 June 2025
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Nancy shared a sweet story about an interaction with the late Eddie Van Halen that involved an acoustic guitar, a hotel landline and the guitarist’s musical aptitude.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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For Trump, a man who has always had a knack for drawing a crowd, stablecoins are easy money.—
Dan Alexander,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Just kind of always had a knack for it, if that makes sense.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
5 June 2025
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“Endowment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endowment. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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