assets
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The U.A.E. has threatened to freeze billions of dollars of Iranian assets held in the Gulf state, The Wall Street Journal has reported, a move that could sever one of Tehran’s most important economic lifelines.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
War has handed Tehran what it sees as a new weapon - Azizi described this highly strategic strait Iran has managed to weaponise during this conflict as "one of our assets to face the enemy".
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
In March, councillor Sonia Behr proposed restricting advertising of ultra-processed and high fat, salt, and sugar foods on council-owned advertising assets.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Traders read Islamabad’s intervention as de-escalatory and priced risk assets accordingly.
From Barron's • Apr. 18, 2026
My generator will soon be out of gas anyway—and I can hide my acquired assets in the attic behind the boxes of Christmas ornaments.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Vocabulary lists containing assets
This Week in Words: November 4 - 10, 2017
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, "The Military-Industrial Complex" (1961)
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