abstract
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Prior to this, designers often avoided using religious figures; they preferred more abstract interpretations; it also helped prevent any controversy that might emerge from depicting sacred figures.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
Na sits in the corner of a Côte d’Azur waterfront lounge on a glorious midday, the sky an almost abstract blue.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
Several of her vibrant abstract paintings now decorate the restaurant’s walls.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Circular patterns, placed on abstract “tracks,” represent transit riders.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
Liszt was moving away from the idea of music as an abstract entity, something to be listened to attentively for forty or so minutes, towards orchestral music as a representation of something extra-musical.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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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