How to Use asset in a Sentence

asset

noun
  • The state's natural assets include mountains and beautiful lakes.
  • To me, the mission of the DA is to maximize the greatest asset, which is that.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Of the assets, $229 million were listed as the book value of the buildings and fields on the site, the filing said.
    Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 1 May 2023
  • There is stress on the starting rotation, the team’s strongest asset of the first third of the season.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
  • How can CEFs, while investing in the same kind of assets, yield over six times as much?
    Michael Foster, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The Duchy of Cornwall is set to be a lucrative asset for Prince William.
    Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2022
  • What did my unearned asset – my skin color – do for me two years ago? Kept me out of the news.
    The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The house has been a terrific asset to have in the last several years, and that's the main reason.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 17 July 2024
  • Moynihan added that the second-largest U.S. bank by assets is prepared to enter the field when the time comes.
    Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Much of their wealth stems from stock and asset gains, whose taxes can be avoided.
    Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 2 Nov. 2022
  • How to set up the governance of brand assets for success?
    Miles Socha, WWD, 28 Oct. 2024
  • That’s a huge asset to a 6-foot-6 point guard to keep defenders honest.
    Hunter Patterson, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Arsenal have now sold most of the obvious saleable assets in the squad.
    James McNicholas, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
  • His skating isn't the best, but everything else in his game is an asset.
    Corey Pronman, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Though Starlink has been a key asset to Ukraine, the service has failed Ukrainian troops at times on the frontlines.
    Dana Hull, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2022
  • In failing to do so, the royals lost her as an asset, to say nothing of the pain of the family fallout.
    Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The very thing that is OSU’s best asset has at times, become its biggest problem child.
    Stephen Means, cleveland, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The team would also land two extra draft picks to work with, helping to add to their overall assets.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Ukraine and some allies are promoting the seizure of Russian assets to finance the work.
    Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 10 June 2024
  • There’s no greater asset in the NFL than an elite franchise quarterback.
    Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Here, a high-end phone gets the xxxhdpi asset bucket, ARM64, and a whopping three languages.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The fairgrounds are one of the department's most treasured assets.
    Zachery Eanes, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024
  • In this situation, the future growth of the assets ends up with the donor’s family members, rather than the donor.
    Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2024
  • And that’s a huge asset for the Edgewater neighborhood.
    Megan Sims, cleveland, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The theater is a stain that could be transformed into a star asset in a prime location.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2022
  • This was more than a running back, someone well worth using the league’s most valuable asset on.
    Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 3 May 2023
  • Portland should have sold some of their more veteran assets while their stock was still high.
    Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Gold prices have risen in recent weeks thanks to the asset’s safe-haven status, with investors spooked by Trump’s tariff plans.
    Olesya Dmitracova, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
  • But precious metals are also volatile assets — and so the future is never promised.
    TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Musk’s third largest asset is X.AI, an artificial intelligence startup that makes up just over 8% of his riches.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025

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