as in incorporeal
not capable of being perceived by the sense of touch
electrical energy is completely intangible
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Everything shifts into something much more intangible—emotions of grief and loss and what that does to a person.
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Elissa Suh, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2025
For those faculty, there were obvious financial advantages to being in a room with such a high concentration of biotech investors, but the composition of the group came with intangible advantages, too.
—Grace Huckins, Robb Report, 20 Jan. 2025
City staff have previously said that having a sister city would benefit Aurora in both tangible and intangible ways.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
That usually means some kind of reward in line with that performance, whether the reward is tangible or intangible.
—Bruce Tulgan, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Elissa Suh, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2025
For those faculty, there were obvious financial advantages to being in a room with such a high concentration of biotech investors, but the composition of the group came with intangible advantages, too.
—Grace Huckins, Robb Report, 20 Jan. 2025
City staff have previously said that having a sister city would benefit Aurora in both tangible and intangible ways.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
That usually means some kind of reward in line with that performance, whether the reward is tangible or intangible.
—Bruce Tulgan, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Intangible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intangible. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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