tangible

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Analysts expect Citi to raise its target for return on tangible common equity, or RoTCE, a closely watched measure of profitability.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Best part: The clippers work for cheap, and none of the promotional aspects need to be publicly disclosed, thanks to a federal-regulation loophole that relaxes transparency standards on ads that don’t sell tangible products.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

Caterpillar’s earnings at the end of April reflected its tangible role in the estimated $765 billion spending boom this year to build out artificial intelligence.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

Rounds of talks between Israel and Lebanon in the US, though symbolically significant as the first direct ambassador-level contact in decades, have produced no tangible results on the ground.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Yet Clear Lake is typical of a large and growing number of situations where solution of an obvious and often trivial problem creates a far more serious but conveniently less tangible one.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson