abstracted

Example Sentences

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One might have expected some gesture toward its origins, rather than its cool and highly abstracted references to Harlem.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Perhaps I had joined the ranks of the global internet proletariat, hammering clicks on the abstracted factory floor of the future?

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2025

In England, water is abstracted by water companies for public supply, by industry and for use in electricity generation, such as power station cooling.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025

For here, everything was slightly abstracted — a sonic hum gave way to hazy mixture of lights as I glanced at various ideas and impressions.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025

He mumbled inarticulately to himself as he flipped the pages and then spoke with an abstracted air, “Sit down, Dr. Calvin! This will take me a few minutes.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov