intangible
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Management excluded stock-based compensation and amortization of intangible assets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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
The rewards you receive in return are intangible yet long-lasting.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 20, 2026
There was no escaping, none, from these spongy intangible fingers that pulled him on, on, on, irresistibly insistent, coaxing, maternal.
From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye
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Yet there are also intangibles that can't simply be measured in data.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
As part of that, remember to include information about intangibles: how the employee is regarded by peers, what attitude he or she brings to the job, how proactive he or she is about handling tasks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
So even if she’s one ACL short, Vonn’s team knows she has more than enough of the intangibles to get her not only down the mountain, but into medal contention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2026
Tangible book value excludes intangibles such as loan-servicing rights and deferred tax assets.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 12, 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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