intangible
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In a recent research paper, Van Nieuwerburgh said that despite AI being described as an intangible revolution, its near-term economic footprint is “strikingly physical.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
It’s the perfect example of how movies can make something as intangible as love go on forever.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Instead, he said, companies are filling analyst-level positions with a stronger focus on business acumen, sound judgment and other intangible skills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
But cosplayers can also embody everything from fast food brands, internet browsers and memes to intangible ideas like gravity or hunger, while also experimenting with gender.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
But then: “An intangible feeling of uneasiness made me leave my tent about 11 P.M.,”
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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Separately, the new chair of the OBR Jonathan Haskel is known for his argument that official statistics understate investment in intangibles like software and data.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Warner said the overall loss figure also includes $1.3 billion of pretax acquisition-related amortization of intangibles, content fair value step-up and restructuring expenses,
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
“Records are made to be beaten. But the intangibles, the things that he did as the team’s captain, the leadership that he provided, the type of a player he was, very unselfish,” Evans said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 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
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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