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abstract

[ab-strakt, ab-strakt, ab-strakt, ab-strakt, ab-strakt] / æbˈstrækt, ˈæb strækt, ˈæb strækt, æbˈstrækt, ˈæb strækt /








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Outside students from a liberal arts college are practiced in abstract analytical thinking—how institutions are made, what purpose they serve, for whom.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

If Hofmann can’t draw you into the beauties of abstract painting, no one can.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

These differences "cannot be resolved by simply reading an abstract right to strike into Convention No.87 and trying to impose it on employers, workers and governments", said Santos.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Pollock, who died in 1956, was a major figure in the abstract expressionist art movement.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Françoise was used to seeing him lost in thought, his mind wandering through some abstract idea maybe ten people on earth might understand.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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