abstracted

Example Sentences

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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

What remains consistent is that in these kitchens, food is abstracted from its source and re-presented as something new.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2025

For here, everything was slightly abstracted — a sonic hum gave way to a hazy mixture of lights as I glanced at various ideas and impressions.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025

He mumbled inarticulately to himself as he flipped the pages and then spoke with an abstracted air, “Sit down, Dr. Calvin! This will take me a few minutes.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov