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
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
Almost any explanation can be labeled race neutral in the abstract.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 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
Each begins its life as a rather abstract scientific concept, but grows to invade multiple human discourses—thereby transforming culture, society, politics, and language.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing abstract
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 5
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