Sentence examples for by endowment from inspiring English sources

The idea of free tuition paid for by endowment income has also gained traction in Congress.

Vocal purists might argue that by endowment Mr. Domingo was an ideal Verdi and Puccini tenor.

These funds have been supplemented from time to time by additional contributions and by endowment gifts.

Four of the top 10 schools by endowment are in the files: Columbia, Princeton, Stanford and the University of Pennsylvania.

Oxford University, the second biggest by endowment in the country, has ruled out direct investments in coal and tar sands.

The majority of the Institute's activities are supported by endowment funds, research grants and gifts from individual and corporate donors.

Some magical practices are reserved for the shaman, who acquires status by natural endowment, by inspiration, by apprenticeship, or by painful initiation.

The Ivy League does not award athletic scholarships, but led by endowment-rich members like Harvard, Yale and Princeton, the conference has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in additional need-based aid — with most of the universities all but eliminating student loans and essentially doubling the size of grants meant for middle-income families.

St John's is the wealthiest Oxford college measured by endowments, with more than £500m in assets.

The early arrivals are wealthy individuals, followed by endowments, then corporate pensions, and finally public pensions, which he calls "the most conservative, institutionally rigid investors".

Tim Straus Springfield, Mo., Jan . 28 , 2009 To the Editor: There are two gaping problems with the suggestion that newspapers become nonprofit institutions financed by endowments.