as in endowed
to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute
gifted with an uncanny ability to persuade people to do things they ordinarily wouldn't
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as in privileged
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as in talented
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Recent Examples of gifted
Dahvi Shira, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Trump is also currently suing The Wall Street Journal and reporters who wrote a story about a collection of letters gifted to Jeffrey Epstein.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
In later centuries, Barbary lions were gifted between royal courts, kept in menageries, and even depicted on national emblems — as in the coat of arms of Morocco and the United Kingdom.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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Verb
According to the brand, more than 1,500 Soft Pinch Liquid Blushes were gifted throughout the weekend for guests based on their personalized shade match.
—Dahvi Shira, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Trump is also currently suing The Wall Street Journal and reporters who wrote a story about a collection of letters gifted to Jeffrey Epstein.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Friends and family have gifted them portraits, memorial bears and other tokens that help keep his presence near.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
In later centuries, Barbary lions were gifted between royal courts, kept in menageries, and even depicted on national emblems — as in the coat of arms of Morocco and the United Kingdom.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gifted
Verb
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This notion—all men endowed with equal, inherent worth—sparked the Western journey toward justice and liberty.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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Many wealthy individuals have fallen ill and subsequently endowed medical facilities.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The attackers were then able to expand their hold by attacking Ascension’s Active Directory and abusing its privileged access to push malware to thousands of other machines inside the network.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Owning even a small stake in a team means joining a privileged circle of insiders.—
Melissa Houston,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Tomorrow, 2025’s summer season will be officially over—so let’s make the most of it with some amazing music and new albums from the industry’s brightest stars and some talented up-and-coming acts.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
19 Sep. 2025
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Good historians and talented fiction writers can tease out human qualities from such personages while acknowledging their fundamental distance from our own time.—
Will Collins,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In that department, English clubs are, in a way, blessed and cursed by the Premier League’s spending rules.—
Pol Ballús,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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For people not blessed with the ability to eat anything spicy, experts shared how to safely eat the Carolina Reaper—the world's hottest chili pepper.—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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During September, the main development region is the favored area for tropical development.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Strategically, the demise of America’s Soviet rival led to the creation of a unipolar world in which the U.S. faced fewer geopolitical constraints in promoting its favored political model.—
Time,
Time,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Director Jay Sandrich made the inspired decision to have them swap roles.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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For the performance at the UBS Arena, which marked her main stage debut at the VMAs, McRae delivered an inspired set that channeled Medusa and her ability to turn men to stone with a simple glance.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Businesses that focus on liquidity management are better equipped not just to survive but to take advantage of opportunities that others might miss.—
Joe Camberato,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Jeffrey Lewis, a Middlebury Institute of International Studies missile expert, said the Sparrow variant can be equipped with an inert warhead, which may explain the limited physical damage in Doha despite the lethal force.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Her rationale is that because she’s borrowed over $20,000 to pay for her wedding, her more financially fortunate guests should help those struggling in the areas of gifts, transportation, hotel costs, childcare, elder care, etc.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
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After a lackluster showing on both sides of the ball Sunday against the Raiders, the model has lost a little faith in the Patriots' ability to take advantage of a fortunate schedule.—
Austin Mock,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Gifted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gifted. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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