assets
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Private equity firms have historically generated returns by cutting payrolls and reducing services at acquired companies before exhausting remaining assets.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
"The tangible assets in the UK are minimal," said Evans.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Given the heightened inflation expectations, Nuveen evinces a clear preference for floating rate rather than fixed-credit instruments, energy and upstream assets across equities, and for hard assets and real return profiles.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
Chevron shut off gas assets offshore Israel for more than a month.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Fearing more losses of precious assets, the CIA canceled operations.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
Vocabulary lists containing assets
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, "The Military-Industrial Complex" (1961)
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