assets
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“All of a sudden you might find out that the assets you thought existed, the marital pot that you thought was of one value, might be substantially less.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
War has handed Tehran what it sees as a new weapon - Azizi described this highly strategic strait Iran has managed to weaponise during this conflict as "one of our assets to face the enemy".
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
When that happens, divorce lawyers can argue that one party was improperly spending assets that belonged to both spouses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
Traders read Islamabad’s intervention as de-escalatory and priced risk assets accordingly.
From Barron's • Apr. 18, 2026
Six months from that moment, the International Monetary Fund would put losses on U.S.-originated subprime-related assets at a trillion dollars.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing assets
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, "The Military-Industrial Complex" (1961)
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