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intangible

[in-tan-juh-buhl] / ɪnˈtæn dʒə bəl /


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While Boeing paid $8.4 billion—including common stock, loan settlements and debt repayments—it initially allocated $10 billion of the purchase price to the intangible asset goodwill as of Dec. 31 last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 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

After it was inscribed as intangible cultural heritage, the government provided free venues, allocated annual subsidies to support regular competitions, and attracted sponsorship.

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

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

“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

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

She knew that, while we were advanced for our age in some subjects, we were only average or below in some intangibles such as leadership and sociability.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey




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