abstract
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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
Vocabulary lists containing abstract
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 5
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