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abstract

[ab-strakt, ab-strakt, ab-strakt, ab-strakt, ab-strakt] / æbˈstrækt, ˈæb strækt, ˈæb strækt, æbˈstrækt, ˈæb strækt /








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It was expensive, but worth every penny — a beautiful, abstract rendering of the film’s themes, displayed in a bewitching graphic style I couldn’t get out of my mind after coveting the poster online.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

De Gaulle was unbothered by his distance from Paris, for as the author observes, “his conception of France was an abstract one. He had little emotional attachment to places.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

In Moerdijk, that dilemma is no longer abstract; it's immediate, and it is set to reshape the lives of Jaco, Andrea, Jacques and everyone living on the fault line of the green transition.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Almost any explanation can be labeled race neutral in the abstract.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

I mean, I knew there was a whole city around them, but the other residents of Yazd had always been abstract.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram




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