abstraction
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Abstraction meets landscape; painterly application meets rough-and-tumble applications.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
Abstraction or nonfigurative art was held, if not in some disdain, at least as something less pressing.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2022
Abstraction is the process of taking water from a river, loch or other natural source.
From BBC • Aug. 14, 2022
Abstraction, he continued, “is about getting a little deeper into the soul of the country and expressing the inexpressible.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2021
Abstraction, language, how we make decisions, organize our time, focus.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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