How to Use endowment in a Sentence

endowment

noun
  • The college has a large endowment.
  • The hospital's endowment was established by a local family.
  • Some of those goals have to do with our endowment and ticket sales.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Pescovitz talked about the impact of the endowment in the years ahead.
    — Carol Cain, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • While endowments don’t serve as a blank check, schools can still pull from them in times of need.
    — Todd L. Pittinsky, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
  • At first glance, the state has no surplus to invest in the endowment.
    — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The school will now use that endowment land and money to build the research dairy.
    — Keith Ridler, ajc, 20 Sep. 2022
  • And that’s all if there’s enough money in the endowment to fund the program.
    — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025
  • For him, long-term, endowment like thinking is the key to success.
    — Paul Westall, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Donations can be made to an endowment fund or to a current use fund.
    — courant.com, 2 July 2021
  • Integral to that was the rooftop venue and plans to create an endowment.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Tools such as the NSO’s endowment fund which is tied to a bank note.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 2 June 2026
  • And not, funningly enough, over those epic endowments !
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
  • At stake is a nearly $50 million endowment that each side claims is theirs.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
  • The same thing goes for all children, of course, whatever their endowments.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The funds will also be used to support the college’s endowment.
    — Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The bill has led to a great deal of talk about university endowments and their uses.
    — Gregory E. Sterling, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2025
  • Part of the money — $40 million — will be added to its endowment.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Dec. 2021
  • Agrace has an endowment to help offset costs for people who cannot cover the full expense.
    — Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Those close to Brown say its approach allows the endowment to be nimble.
    — Juliet Chung and Dawn Lim, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2020
  • Many are still profiting through their endowments.
    — Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The pooled endowment is designed to support the long-term financial health of the schools.
    — Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Sep. 2025
  • For Terry, there’s a deep pride in the endowment that’s been entrusted to her care.
    — Brian McCollum, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Funds from the sale will go towards growing the Whitney’s endowment.
    — Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024
  • This will be an annual endowment.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, dozens of small colleges with small endowments, like Hampshire, cannot keep up.
    — Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026
  • When the house is sold or transferred … the deposit money comes back to the endowment account for others to use.
    — Joshua Bowling, The Arizona Republic, 5 July 2022
  • The largest share of the new funds, $30 million, will go to the school’s endowment and restricted funds.
    — Graydon Megan, chicagotribune.com, 7 Dec. 2021
  • The funds will help to expand programming and to shore up the museum’s endowment.
    — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2023
  • By the mid-1980s, grants from the foundation were once again on the rise, as was the endowment.
    — New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021

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