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
But there are also many intangible benefits that can make attending college a worthwhile investment, Cuban said.
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Natalie Wu, CNBC, 7 July 2025
The risk of rising debt levels has felt intangible because the U.S. is the gold standard, so the expectation has been that the world will continue buying U.S. debt.
—Selina Wang, ABC News, 4 July 2025
And then there’s the intangible damage—a reputation that these companies might never fully recover from.
—William Jones, USA Today, 30 June 2025
Overall, the Canucks’ draft class, in addition to Cootes, includes a small handful of genuinely interesting bets and some project players that Vancouver’s amateur scouting staff clearly loved for character and intangible reasons.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 29 June 2025
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Natalie Wu, CNBC, 7 July 2025
The risk of rising debt levels has felt intangible because the U.S. is the gold standard, so the expectation has been that the world will continue buying U.S. debt.
—Selina Wang, ABC News, 4 July 2025
And then there’s the intangible damage—a reputation that these companies might never fully recover from.
—William Jones, USA Today, 30 June 2025
Overall, the Canucks’ draft class, in addition to Cootes, includes a small handful of genuinely interesting bets and some project players that Vancouver’s amateur scouting staff clearly loved for character and intangible reasons.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intangible
incorporeal
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In fact, magical life has the potential to be even more radically incorporeal than our own.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
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To the casual observer, the data industry can seem incorporeal, its products conjured out of weightless bits.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Oct. 2024
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“Intangible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intangible. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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