abstracted

Example Sentences

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This abstracted wall, hung high in civilian infrastructure and currently invisible, couldn’t come at a more important time.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2025

One might have expected some gesture toward its origins, rather than its cool and highly abstracted references to Harlem.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Another key factor is the need to reduce how much water is taken – or "abstracted" – by water companies and other users from England's rivers, the report says.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025

Linger, for instance, in the bar, and you’ll notice dozens of scenes unfolding inside the windows of the skyscrapers, each one an improvised, abstracted story.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025

“He would grow abstracted and silent, and a faraway look would come into his eyes, and the building was there before him—every stone.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson