as in incorporeal
not capable of being perceived by the sense of touch
electrical energy is completely intangible
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Recent Examples of intangible
These are not distant, intangible concepts, nor unreachable ruins.
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Asia London Palomba, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2025
For the quarter ended May 4, PVH’s net losses tallied $44.8 million, or 88 cents a share, with $480 million in goodwill and intangible asset write-downs partially offset by a $305 million take benefit.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 4 June 2025
But multinationals continue to leverage provisions in Irish law such as capital allowances for intangible assets, which can reduce their operating expenses.
—Carlos Waters, CNBC, 12 June 2025
The data of sports fans this summer will have enormous value to DAZN, an intangible byproduct of the $1billion investment.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 11 June 2025
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Asia London Palomba, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2025
For the quarter ended May 4, PVH’s net losses tallied $44.8 million, or 88 cents a share, with $480 million in goodwill and intangible asset write-downs partially offset by a $305 million take benefit.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 4 June 2025
But multinationals continue to leverage provisions in Irish law such as capital allowances for intangible assets, which can reduce their operating expenses.
—Carlos Waters, CNBC, 12 June 2025
The data of sports fans this summer will have enormous value to DAZN, an intangible byproduct of the $1billion investment.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intangible
incorporeal
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Indeed, in stark contrast to the incorporeal nature of a digital image, each of Winant’s photographs is, in a sense, a discrete body: a fallible material entity that boasts a hidden physical history and that will compositionally deteriorate over time.—
Jessica Simmons-Reid,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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If reason teaches that God is incorporeal, this means that God has no body; God does not physically see, nor do people see God.—
Randy L. Friedman,
The Conversation,
16 Feb. 2024
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“Intangible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intangible. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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