abstract
Example Sentences
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For many, the forecast is far from abstract.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Black and Indigenous Americans, labor organizers, immigrants, queer people, political dissidents, abuse survivors, and countless others have discovered that rights celebrated in the abstract can evaporate when exercised against the wrong forces.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
"That's when quantum effects stop being abstract and start becoming useful -- supporting future applications ranging from self-powered sensors and wearable technology to ultra-fast components for next-generation wireless networks."
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
But then he turned to more abstract painting, and European interest in his work dropped off.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Whereas the buildings of Sumer and Assyria were covered with brilliant mosaics and splendid pictorial murals, the Inka style was severe, abstract, stripped down to geometric forms—startlingly contemporary, in fact.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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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