abstract
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On the wall behind the couch where clients sit, I hung a tapestry that features a sun rising over an abstract landscape of pinks and yellows.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
She displayed “Poppy,” a squeegee abstract in cheery red and blue hues, in her living room, with an untitled version in subtler white and green hues from 2009 hanging in her bedroom.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
I wanted a picture that was sharp on his well-known headcover of a tiger but for him to be abstract to it, as opposed to standing next to it.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
“Trans people aren’t abstract in this conversation,” Hack told Salon.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
A glance into the classrooms of the Los Angeles public school system, where my sons are being educated, fleshes out the abstract debates with the faces of children.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing abstract
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 5
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