abstraction
Example Sentences
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We must keep struggling to maintain our humanity, though monsters of abstraction threaten and police us.’
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
There are Supreme Court cases that arrive draped in abstraction.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
Located further north along the coast, its broad flat sand dunes inspired a new level of abstraction in his work, and set the stage for the final seascapes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 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
I waited a few moments, expecting he would go on with the subject first broached: but he seemed to have entered another train of reflection: his look denoted abstraction from me and my business.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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