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Endowment is an English word with synonyms like gift or talent. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Endowment in a sentence

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Endowment meaning

  1. Something with which a person or thing is endowed.
  2. Property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution.
  3. Endowment assurance or pure endowment.

Synonyms of Endowment

gift talent natural endowment natural ability endowment fund capital giving

Using Endowment

  • The main meaning on this page is: Something with which a person or thing is endowed. | Property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution. | Endowment assurance or pure endowment.
  • Useful related words include: gift, talent, natural endowment, natural ability.
  • In the example corpus, endowment often appears in combinations such as: endowment for, endowment fund, an endowment.

Context around Endowment

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Endowment

  • In this selection, "endowment" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, cultural, lilly, education, fund, inc and act stand out and add context to how "endowment" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include shareholder lilly endowment inc sold and a good endowment the university. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "endowment" sits close to words such as affirming, antigua and betts, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with endowment

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Funding from the Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment supported Headlines and High Water’s creation. (14 words)

An endowment has been set up in their honor for the Fairbanks Children’s Museum. (15 words)

But he rejected the prospect, disappointed that guests would be unable to experience his endowment. (15 words)

He said: “I saw the papers that went before the council earlier this week, they state the group that’s planning to take over the PI will be responsible for the interior and exterior costs, insurance and pay rent to the endowment group. (43 words)

According to the Estonian Cultural Endowment Act, the Cultural Endowment Council shall support the establishment and renovation of cultural buildings of national importance in accordance with the ranking approved by the resolution of the Riigikogu. (35 words)

However, the Art League of Long Island continues to seek support from the community through donations to match its programs with the renewed space and to establish an endowment for future sustainability. (32 words)

Example sentences (20)

According to the Estonian Cultural Endowment Act, the Cultural Endowment Council shall support the establishment and renovation of cultural buildings of national importance in accordance with the ranking approved by the resolution of the Riigikogu.

Endowment funding is provided by The Engelberg Foundation, the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, The Elaine Terner Cooper Foundation, the Esther Simon Charitable Trust, and the Goldring Education Endowment Fund.

The Nebraska Arts Council, a state agency, supports this program through a matching grant funded by the Nebraska Legislature, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment.

The family has established an endowment at Texas Woman's University, the Jacqueline Rae Vandagriff Endowment, to fund an internship for nutrition and food science majors.

Also, major shareholder Lilly Endowment Inc sold 200,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, March 24th.

An endowment has been set up in their honor for the Fairbanks Children’s Museum.

Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP's collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content.

Bullock said he hopes another Winter Games in Utah will be able to leave a large enough endowment for the foundation to fund future projects at the facilities.

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But he rejected the prospect, disappointed that guests would be unable to experience his endowment.

For example, all of us are liable to value what we have more than what we don’t (the endowment effect).

Foster notes that even if McGill commits to partial or total divestment in its endowment fund, it will likely continue to fund fossil fuel companies through its pooled funds.

Funding from the Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment supported Headlines and High Water’s creation.

He said: “I saw the papers that went before the council earlier this week, they state the group that’s planning to take over the PI will be responsible for the interior and exterior costs, insurance and pay rent to the endowment group.

However, the Art League of Long Island continues to seek support from the community through donations to match its programs with the renewed space and to establish an endowment for future sustainability.

If an institution is well-managed and it gets a good endowment, the university will do well.

If in 2023, rather than getting people that will make proper use of our natural endowment, we are busy discussing the cosmetic challenge of subsidy or no subsidy, it is absurd.

In another study, 85 per cent of women stated they were satisfied with their partner’s endowment.

In April 2011, he set out to establish an endowment fund to place the church in more financially viable future.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial donation may be made to UMass Lowell in support of the Dean Bergeron and Joyce Denning Endowment Fund.

In other Eli Lilly and Company news, major shareholder Lilly Endowment Inc sold 215,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 11th.

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Common combinations with endowment

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "endowment" in a sentence?
An example: "According to the Estonian Cultural Endowment Act, the Cultural Endowment Council shall support the establishment and renovation of cultural buildings of national importance in accordance with the ranking approved by the resolution of the Riigikogu." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "endowment" from authentic English texts.
What does "endowment" mean?
Endowment means: Something with which a person or thing is endowed.
What are synonyms of "endowment"?
Common synonyms of "endowment" include: gift, talent, natural endowment, natural ability, endowment fund, capital, giving.
How many example sentences with "endowment" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "endowment", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.