abstraction

The EA and Natural Resource Wales grant abstraction licences to farms, but when water levels drop they can impose what is called a "hands-off flow restriction".

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

For much of the novel, we inhabit the consciousness of Lok, a young male Neanderthal who hasn’t yet acquired the habits of abstraction on which narrative usually depends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

For a lot of people, this is still an abstraction.

From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026

A trillion is a number so large it stops being a number and becomes an abstraction, something inconceivable.

From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026

“Edward Cullen is staring at you again,” Jessica said, finally breaking through my abstraction with his name.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

This survey collects early batik textiles and later, more famous, nature-inspired abstractions to explore the deep connections between her work and the land.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

First, practice distinguishing between what the Constitution says and what judges and justices say about the Constitution, a document riddled with aspirational vagaries and flexible abstractions.

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026

Creating these abstractions involves difficult maths, but essentially they filter out useless information, just leaving the AI with useful pictures of the world.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Power and policy are not abstractions — they impact real people’s bodies, minds and lives, and they affect the well-being of the larger community.

From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2026

Classic style minimizes abstractions, which cannot be seen with the naked eye.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker