How to Use tangible in a Sentence

tangible

1 of 2 adjective
  • Their sense of relief was almost tangible.
  • There is no tangible evidence to support her claim.
  • And what were the most tangible specifics to come out of it?
    ABC News, 17 May 2026
  • The caveat showed kwn that her dreams were tangible.
    Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 3 June 2026
  • And at least that threat is tangible.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Jan. 2026
  • This time around, there were more tangible links.
    Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • One of the real tangible ways to get help right now is to get lawyers.
    Sarah Gidick, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Feb. 2018
  • The path to stardom looks more tangible by the day.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
  • But my whole call to action for that group will be tangible progress.
    Steve Berkowitz, USA TODAY, 6 June 2020
  • But this is the first real tangible thing that is equal parts both of us.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Nowhere is this strong sense of place more tangible than at the table.
    Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2026
  • And last year’s wrongs have not yet been righted in any tangible way.
    Sam Blum, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Just two of those sites listed tangible sources for those health claims.
    Erika Edwards, NBC news, 6 Oct. 2025
  • That good fortune is tangible in many ways.
    Sean Gentille, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • At Leafr, that shift is tangible.
    Gus Bartholomew, Sourcing Journal, 3 Nov. 2025
  • For refugees, this has a very tangible impact.
    Kelsey Norman, The Conversation, 18 June 2026
  • Some of the gains had felt about as tangible as Bird’s fifth-grade goal chart.
    Chantel Jennings, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026
  • But also to make the salary cap math work in any tangible hockey trade.
    Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
  • All of the above may be true and serve as evidence of tangible progress.
    Phil Mattingly, CNN, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Each coach is giving tangible things for each of the players to work on.
    Stephen Means, cleveland, 8 Oct. 2019
  • But keep in mind that not all progress will be obvious and tangible.
    SELF, 11 Dec. 2018
  • Keep it structured so progress feels tangible.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 5 May 2026
  • Create a plan to make tangible changes for both of your children.
    Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Those are very active, tangible ways to be a part of movement.
    Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 15 Oct. 2020
  • This was supposed to be the year Pearl's hire paid off in a tangible way.
    Kevin Scarbinsky, AL.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • That lineup duo isn’t the only tangible sign of progress from this week.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Dmitri Obergfell’s place is more tangible and a lot closer to home.
    Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Know, 4 Mar. 2017
  • What changed as a result, or what was the tangible outcome?
    Jehan Lalkaka, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • But the past two games have been tangible evidence of progress.
    Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Mar. 2023
  • As for the farmer who sold Hadar the place, his presence is even more tangible.
    Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor, 14 Apr. 2016

tangible

2 of 2 noun
  • But there are tangibles for the rookies to learn on the court as well.
    Mike Richman, OregonLive.com, 27 June 2017
  • Careful attention to keeping the old-style look and feel has been made in all of these tangibles.
    Aaron Turpen, New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2024
  • Far more important is the subjective feel of a tire, as well as other tangibles like noise, road harshness and, of course, price.
    Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 16 July 2010
  • So focus on the tangibles, not the potential shadiness (noise is noise, innocent or not).
    Andrea Bonior, chicagotribune.com, 7 June 2017
  • Managing a bullpen effectively is equal parts tangibles and gut.
    Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 4 June 2019
  • But these A-list customers aren’t just attracted to J Craft’s tangibles.
    Kevin Koenig, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Whether using your tangibles or intangibles, that probably comes out pretty well.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Hurts has the athleticism and mobility and all the essential tangibles needed to be a great quarterback.
    CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Wagner brings plenty of tangibles to the table for NBA teams to consider.
    Tim Hackett, SI.com, 12 June 2018
  • There are real tangibles that always come out of everybody’s experience that decides to invest in attending.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Tokenization of any asset tends to inherit a large amount of benefits such as making the respective asset tangible, and the same goes for data.
    Philipp Sandner, Forbes, 6 July 2021
  • Catherine Golladay, a senior vice president and 20-year veteran of Schwab, said those are some of the tangibles.
    Plain Dealer Business Staff, cleveland.com, 18 June 2017
  • Like Ludwig von Mises and so many other free thinkers, Tolstoy was pointing out that during times of uncertainty, there’s a flight to tangibles.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • Buy tangibles, sell intangibles.
    John Stepek, Bloomberg, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The label describes how it was manufactured, but, more to the point, the thing tells us that a family’s fortune was normally in tangibles such as hard money, land, silver and gold, buildings, and farm animals.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024
  • For Americans living in cities like New York, the reality of the pandemic has been obvious since March, when round-the-clock sirens and nightly cheers for healthcare workers made the virus’s impact tangible even for those who escaped infection.
    Katie Palmer, Quartz, 11 Dec. 2020
  • After placing the company into administration, Frasers repurchased the intellectual property and non-tangibles belonging to Matches.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019

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