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the collective skills, knowledge, or other intangible assets of individuals that can be used to create economic value for the individuals, their employers, or their community: Education is an investment in human capital that pays off in terms of higher productivity.

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Building schools requires not only funds, human capital, and building materials, but also community collaboration and ongoing upkeep and maintenance.
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According to two sources familiar with the appointment, Bishop Garrison will start next week as the senior adviser to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin for human capital, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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Her book looks at fundamental changes that have occurred as hard assets and financial capital have become less important, and reputation, intellectual property and human capital have become more so.
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The editors, writers, and cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo were human beings with families, friends, and loved ones.
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It is the summit of human happiness: the surrender of man to God, of woman to man, of several women to the same man.
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Our animators are very excited to be drawing the innards of a human being.
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Gunshots rang out in Paris this morning on a second day of deadly violence that has stunned the French capital.
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Petty, shade, and thirst are my favorite human “virtues” and the trifecta of any good series of “stories.”
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"Capital, capital," his lordship would remark with great alacrity, when there was no other way of escape.
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After all, may not even John Burns be human; may not Mr. Chamberlain himself have a heart that can feel for another?
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
When we speak against one capital vice, we ought to speak against its opposite; the middle betwixt both is the point for virtue.
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He must trust to his human merits, and not miracles, for his Sonship is of no value in this conflict.
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How is it that one instant of time should work those effects in the human mind which are so lasting in their results!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various

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human capital

noun

economics the abilities and skills of any individual, esp those acquired through investment in education and training, that enhance potential income earning

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