assets
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This planning includes the money you’re leaving to your cherished charitable causes: The more assets you can leave to beneficiaries as transfer-on-death or payable-on-death, the more of your estate will bypass probate.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
Economists call this the “retirement savings puzzle” — the tendency for households to draw down assets more slowly than theory suggests.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
Netflix in December struck a deal to buy the entertainment assets for $72 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
If the current trend holds, natural gas and related assets may reverse course and regain ground in the weeks ahead.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
If the police seized your car worth $5,000, or took $500 cash from your home, would you be willing to pay an attorney more than your assets are worth to get them back?
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing assets
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, "The Military-Industrial Complex" (1961)
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