as in wealth
the total of one's money and property
as a result of the booming economy, the college's assets grew dramatically over the course of the decade
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Recent Examples of assets
The partnerships will work with Adobe’s in-house engineers and nearly three-year-old Firefly AI model to build bespoke AI tools to create video from organizations’ in-house assets for everything from feature-length film shoots to short-form marketing and social-media posts.
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David Bloom, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
American radar installations and military assets there are essential for early warning against Russian and Chinese missile threats.
—Paul McCarthy, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
Indensity adapts to real-world places—rising vertically next to communities, businesses, and high-value assets—without the sprawling land requirements of traditional grid-scale storage.
—CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
The company’s filings also lay out the risks inherent to operating as a digital assets company.
—Carlos Garcia, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026
The company listed more than $45 million in assets and more than $86 million in total debts.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2026
Venezuela seized Exxon's and Conoco's assets in 2007, and Caracas owes the companies billions of dollars in outstanding claims from arbitration cases.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2026
Unresolved issues include how to restrict firms’ ability to pay customers yields on stablecoins — which has become a power struggle between crypto and banks — and how to rein in government officials’ ability to make money off digital assets.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 15 Jan. 2026
That dealt a first-round pick (and more future assets) for Drew O’Connor and Marcus Pettersson less than 12 months ago.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
David Bloom, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
American radar installations and military assets there are essential for early warning against Russian and Chinese missile threats.
—Paul McCarthy, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
Indensity adapts to real-world places—rising vertically next to communities, businesses, and high-value assets—without the sprawling land requirements of traditional grid-scale storage.
—CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
The company’s filings also lay out the risks inherent to operating as a digital assets company.
—Carlos Garcia, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026
The company listed more than $45 million in assets and more than $86 million in total debts.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2026
Venezuela seized Exxon's and Conoco's assets in 2007, and Caracas owes the companies billions of dollars in outstanding claims from arbitration cases.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2026
Unresolved issues include how to restrict firms’ ability to pay customers yields on stablecoins — which has become a power struggle between crypto and banks — and how to rein in government officials’ ability to make money off digital assets.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 15 Jan. 2026
That dealt a first-round pick (and more future assets) for Drew O’Connor and Marcus Pettersson less than 12 months ago.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assets
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The future performance of any investment or wealth management strategy, including those recommended by us, may not be profitable or suitable or prove successful.—
Heather L. Locus,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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In fact, the founder of the 1776 Project Foundation, Ryan James Girdusky, acknowledged that white wealth was at the center of his lawsuit.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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Once the ad-tech infrastructure is established, ad revenue becomes highly scalable and incurs low incremental costs, unlike the capital-heavy content creation process.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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In both instances, Copenhagen and the Greenlandic government in its capital Nuuk responded by expressing openness to further collaboration, stressing the importance of sovereignty and dispatching a high-level delegation for talks in Washington.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Marine Le Pen faces potential disqualification from the 2027 presidential election after a March 2025 conviction for embezzling EU funds—a 5-year ban from public office unless overturned on appeal.—
Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Cities that are satisfied with the service that DART provides could choose to forgo the 25% return and let the transit agency use the funds.—
Lilly Kersh,
Dallas Morning News,
24 Jan. 2026
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Nine of the top ten sets by brick count have been released in the last five years, and two of those are still to arrive, namely the LEGO Pokémon Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise, and a yet-to-be announced Lord of the Rings build (my money’s on Minas Tirith).—
Matt Gardner,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Instead, the money inmates pay to buy snacks and other items in the commissary covers the cost, something called the inmate welfare account.—
Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Assets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assets. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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