intangible
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This is the book expense to gradually write down the value of its customer base and other acquired intangible assets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
“He’s done so many intangible things that I think get lost in the shuffle of numbers and metrics,” Prior said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
He said estimating the value of the sapling was difficult, because of its intangible sentimental value, likening it to a piece of "stolen art".
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
According to Han, in the early 2000s guanniu got a boost from Xi Jinping, then the provincial party secretary, who pushed for traditions like bull wrestling to be officially listed as "intangible cultural heritage".
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
But he felt like he’d left some part of himself in the courtyard below, something he hadn’t even known mattered, intangible as mist.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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Yet there are also intangibles that can't simply be measured in data.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
There was no discussion of the intangibles, no consideration of the Angels being the Angels and what effect that will always have.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026
So we asked workplace performance expert Henna Pryor how workers can go about making sure they have more of the intangibles that could be required to stand out in the AI era.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 11, 2026
Now, he says the killings introduce new intangibles, like getting the school on its feet and addressing community mental wellness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
Grief, terror, love, longing — these were intangibles, but the intangibles had their own mass and specific gravity, they had tangible weight.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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Vocabulary lists containing intangible
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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"To Build a Fire," Vocabulary from the short story
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Common Senses: Tact, Tang ("Touch")
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