abstracts
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Pollock gained international fame for holding his brush above his canvases to create swirling, dripping abstracts, and a 11-foot-wide version, “Number 7A, 1948,” was the largest example of his signature style in private hands.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
He abstracts the written text, creating space between the characters and their lines.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024
A “combo” deal for an additional $600 also offered abstracts slated for another conference, as well as “continued work” on “at least 2 full papers for PubMed indexation” over the following 6 months.
From Science Magazine • May 3, 2024
First, he used computational text analysis to find recurring themes in journal abstracts about the current state of atmospheric water cycle research.
From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2024
As a moral declaration the old truism seems perfectly true, and yet because it abstracts, because it generalizes, I can’t believe it with my stomach.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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