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David A. Duffield, the founder of PeopleSoft and Workday, is giving $371.5 million to Cornell University, largely to endow the Ivy League school’s engineering college, which will be named after him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

She gave $10 million in 2002 to endow LACMA’s director’s position.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2025

For breeders to make use of that diversity, however, they need to know which landraces could endow wheat with potentially desirable traits.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 16, 2024

Many people know fish sauce from Asian cuisines, where it is used to endow dishes with umami.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2024

“And so you shall, like an angel as you are!” cried Laurie, resolving, with a glow of philanthropic zeal, to found and endow an institution for the express benefit of young women with artistic tendencies.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

If Juliet’s character is still a work in progress, Webb endows her with a maturity beyond her years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2025

"Mixed selectivity is the property that endows us with our flexibility, cognitive capacity, and ability to be creative. It is the secret to maximizing computational power which is essentially the underpinnings of intelligence."

From Science Daily ● May 10, 2024

On the one hand, the baleen whales' unusual larynx endows them with a remarkable ability.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2024

The water warms the air above the sea surface, which endows passing storms with more energy and can allow them to generate fiercer winds.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 29, 2023

The selective highlighting endows the lifesize figure of David and the gruesome head with a startling presence.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

The idea that anyone can suddenly be endowed with superhuman specialness simply by being in the right place at the right time is a little like daydreaming about winning the lottery.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

But they note in some districts the percentage of foreign owners already exceeds the 15 percent limit, particularly in "territories endowed with water and mineral resources, or logistical advantages," such as ports.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

In a letter to the Brown community, university chancellor Brian Moynihan praised Paxson for overseeing the fundraising for about 150 endowed professorships and expanded access to student aid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

That practice must end, because it is a "complete devaluation of the resource that is so fortunately endowed in places like Nigeria and other countries," he told BBC Focus on Africa.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

And while she slept the goddess endowed her with immortal grace to hold the eyes of the Akhaians.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

I am not sure endowing Sonny with a social conscience, presumably intended to point up the material’s contemporary relevance, is an improvement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 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.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026

Amid the uproar over his decision came letters from Upton Sinclair urging Garland to put the money to good use by endowing a fund for the good of mankind.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025

Following the surgery, Jane had announced that as a gesture of gratitude, her family would be endowing a chair for the doctor who’d performed her surgery at the university hospital where she worked.

From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2025

The Higgs boson may or may not actually exist; it was invented simply as a way of endowing particles with mass.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson