as in endowing
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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Recent Examples of gifting
The Knot anticipates a $160 million estimated bump in wedding gifting from guests and a $300 million estimated bump for local non-wedding tourism, such as retail and restaurants.
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Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2025
Of special note is the multi-vendor store, Collector’s Antique Mall, and Minkology, which has a mix of vintage household goods alongside new clothing and gifting items.
—Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
The Travel Lounge Hollywood The exclusive, invitation-only gifting lounge curated by Peta Phipps (publisher and editor-in-chief of Caribbean Living and Swanky Retreats) returns for a one-day-only event, offering up Casa de Campo escapes, private jet perks, golf, luxe bags and loungewear.
—Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
The woman stood her ground and said no to gifting the ingredients.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Gray began the inning by walking Drew Gilbert and Knizner, gifting San Francisco a rally.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
During the Philadelphia stop of IShowSpeed‘s wild Speed Does America Livestream Tour, Meek Mill made waves by gifting the content creator with a dazzling Dreamchasers chain to induct the 20-year-old streamer into his iconic collective.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Brands can embrace this by integrating seamless gifting capabilities directly into social and messaging apps to foster frequent, authentic engagement.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Rupnow's father is under investigation for his role in gifting Rupnow the guns that were ultimately used in the shooting.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2025
Of special note is the multi-vendor store, Collector’s Antique Mall, and Minkology, which has a mix of vintage household goods alongside new clothing and gifting items.
—Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
The Travel Lounge Hollywood The exclusive, invitation-only gifting lounge curated by Peta Phipps (publisher and editor-in-chief of Caribbean Living and Swanky Retreats) returns for a one-day-only event, offering up Casa de Campo escapes, private jet perks, golf, luxe bags and loungewear.
—Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
The woman stood her ground and said no to gifting the ingredients.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Gray began the inning by walking Drew Gilbert and Knizner, gifting San Francisco a rally.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
During the Philadelphia stop of IShowSpeed‘s wild Speed Does America Livestream Tour, Meek Mill made waves by gifting the content creator with a dazzling Dreamchasers chain to induct the 20-year-old streamer into his iconic collective.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Brands can embrace this by integrating seamless gifting capabilities directly into social and messaging apps to foster frequent, authentic engagement.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Rupnow's father is under investigation for his role in gifting Rupnow the guns that were ultimately used in the shooting.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gifting
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In the past, people would even be buried under the khata porch, endowing the doorway with an important spiritual and ritual significance.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Fly high Ryder and thank you for blessing me, if only for a short time.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
17 Sep. 2025
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Speaking of buying, one box containing eight masks typically costs $18 on Amazon, but Bioré is blessing us all with a limited-time deal.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
4 Aug. 2025
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This means equipping software teams with the skills, resources and mindset to build resilience from the start.—
Tannu Jiwnani,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Blakeney, who left Universal last spring, specializes in equipping theme parks with all of the unsexy infrastructure required to function—toilets, cellphone towers—as well as ensuring that none of it impinges on the illusion.—
Bianca Bosker,
The Atlantic,
14 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Gifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gifting. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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