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abstraction

[ab-strak-shuhn] / æbˈstræk ʃən /


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Artist Matthew Thomas shows how the traditions of Buddhism and Black American abstraction both provide a sense of freedom and agility of faith.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

A Defra spokesperson said £2bn of water company investment had been secured over five years to restore chalk streams as well as upgrading the abstraction licensing system.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

He knows that democracy is not an abstraction.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2026

Instead, they argued that intermediate scrutiny requires courts to examine fit, not just at the level of abstraction but as applied to real people.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026

Perspective painting generally involves a peculiar form of abstraction: the construction of a vanishing point.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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