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Recent Examples of asset So expect Disney’s movie fare and its conduct around other corporate assets to revert to the kind of tame content for which the company was long known. Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025 And major institutional investors like Legal & General and Robeco, both of which manage hundreds of billions in assets, have also expressed concern about whether BP’s new approach is durable in the energy transition. Justin Worland, Time, 18 Apr. 2025 Amid the tumult, gold prices climbed to a record high and had its biggest daily gain since April 2020, Gold is seen as a safe asset, and central banks, particularly those in countries with strained relationships with the U.S., have been stockpiling gold, too. Medora Lee, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025 The eurozone’s design flaws have been compounded by the fact that U.S. equities have returned nearly five times as much as their European peers over the past 15 years, leading asset allocators to concentrate investments in the United States. Edward Fishman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for asset
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Noun
  • The astrophysicist, who keeps close tabs on orbital traffic, said that on the day of the interview (April 4), at least three objects had returned from space — two of SpaceX's Starlink broadband satellites and a 43-year-old Russian spy satellite called Kosmos 1340.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • What to know about the complex, long-simmering civil war Dearlove served as Britain's top spy between 1999 and 2004, when Tony Blair was prime minister.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Even as Liverpool have spluttered and stuttered, Mikel Arteta’s side have doggedly refused to take advantage, declining to ignite the thing as a contest.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Atlanta took advantage, with Trae Young driving for a layup to tie the score at 106 with 1.3 seconds remaining and force overtime.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The roster is filled with veteran and versatile players, especially on offense, and a wealth of young talent on defense.
    Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Forbes Finance Council is an invitation-only organization for executives in successful accounting, financial planning and wealth management firms.
    Andrew Collis, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Sellers can now choose whether to offer buyer agent compensation through MLS platforms—a change that has already begun reshaping how homes are bought and sold across the country.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Those qualities should top your list of agent must-haves, along with clear communication and high client ratings.
    Berit Thorkelson, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • And sticking with the 2025 standard next year could put benefits for hundreds of thousands of Americans at risk, Ghertner said.
    Arthur Allen, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
  • How to Have a Healthier Relationship With Alcohol Christopher Kahler, PhD, a professor of behavioral and social sciences and director of Brown University’s Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, stresses that reducing drinking lowers health risk, and can have other mental and physical benefits.
    Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • On the other side of the Nile, which runs through the capital, Babakir Khalid, 2 months old, gasped for breath.
    Declan Walsh, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The pilot eventually managed to land the airplane outside Belize City after being forced to circle the airspace between northern Belize and the capital.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Rather, Nick Badolato, a Brooklyn Conservative Party operative, collected signatures to run on the party’s line against Zhuang.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2025
  • In one case, operatives posing as art dealers interested in purchasing a work by a dissident artist secretly installed surveillance equipment in his workplace and a GPS tracker on his car.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025

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“Asset.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asset. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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