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assets as in: it's one of her best assets
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The University is one of the city's greatest assets.assets = things of value
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They moved more assets into the contested area.assets = soldiers and equipment valuable in war
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She was as a Russian asset in the United States.asset = spy
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She's kind, beautiful and athletic, but her quick mind is her rarest asset.asset = positive trait
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Anyone could see that Musharraf was double-dealing, taking American money while still helping the jihadis—"strategic assets," as the ISI calls them. (source)assets = things of value
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My ability to kill at a distance is my greatest asset, but I know I'll have to go right into the thick of things to get that backpack, the one with the number 12 on it that Claudius Templesmith mentioned. (source)asset = positive trait or thing of value
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...and get editorials in the paper for being a public disgrace one day and an asset to society the next. (source)asset = something of value
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Although Chicago was rapidly achieving recognition as an industrial and mercantile dynamo, its leading men felt keenly the slander from New York that their city had few cultural assets. (source)assets = things of value
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When Walt and Billie suggested that he needed a college degree to attain a fulfilling career, Chris answered that careers were demeaning "twentieth-century inventions," more of a liability than an asset, and that he would do fine without one, thank you. (source)asset = thing of value
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Because he left no will, all of your uncle's assets go to you. (source)assets = things of value
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Those were all the things he had, but he also had himself. Perpich used to drum that into them, "You are your most valuable asset. Don't forget that. You are the best thing you have." (source)asset = thing of value
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Nor could any of Alpha Group's assets identify the two perpetrators. (source)assets = spies
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Having left USC a few credits short, he had no college degree, a critical asset in a job market glutted with veterans and former war production workers. (source)asset = thing of value
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But unfortunately the beast is largely immune to our dominance in cyberspace, and we have no human assets in ISIS to speak of. (source)assets = spies
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I need to polish you up a bit, but your aversion to all things fake might just be your greatest asset here. (source)asset = positive trait or thing of value
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Gabriel knew this because, in preparation for taking over as chief, he had been devouring briefing books on all current operations and assets. (source)assets = spies
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assets as in: the company's assets & liabilities
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The company has strong assets and a good credit history, so the bank will loan them money at a low interest rate.assets = things of financial value
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She glanced at the assets and liabilities on the balance sheet.assets = listing of things owned that are of cash value
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There is a concern that there may be a bubble in asset prices.asset = things with a cash value
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The company is worth much more than its reported net assets.assets = cash value of things owned
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He promised he would make his own assets and tax return public. (source)assets = things of financial value
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In the coming months, he would declare an oil embargo, freeze Japanese assets in America, and finally declare a total trade embargo. (source)
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Working Assets, a phone company that donates 1 percent of its sales to charity, had chosen Zainab to receive the gift, and it rescued the organization. (source)Assets = things of cash value
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The state-owned railroad had once been an asset to the state but now it was a liability and its debts had piled up to the million mark. (source)asset = thing of financial value
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On an overlooking hill was the turreted mansion occupied by the company general superintendent, a man sent down by our owners in Ohio to keep an eye on their assets. (source)assets = things of financial value
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Minnie was an asset now, an acquisition to be warehoused until needed, like cocooned prey. (source)asset = something of financial value
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The guardians of Minnie Williams had dispatched an attorney, William Capp, to look for Minnie and to protect the assets of her estate. (source)assets = things of financial value
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He has one other asset—some property in Sandhamn out in the archipelago. (source)asset = thing of financial value
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His finances were in good order; Bjurman was well-to-do, with at least 10 million kronor in assets. (source)assets = cash value of things owned
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The biggest asset was a sawmill and a lumber yard on Highway 21, near Palmyra. (source)asset = thing of financial value
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Lavon also happened to be a skilled financial investigator who singlehandedly had managed to track down millions of dollars' worth of looted Holocaust assets. (source)assets = things of financial value
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Yes, he's a big shot now, and he has to protect his asset—my momma. (source)
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