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abstraction

[ab-strak-shuhn] / æbˈstræk ʃən /


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Artist Matthew Thomas shows how the traditions of Buddhism and Black American abstraction both provide a sense of freedom and agility of faith.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

A Defra spokesperson said £2bn of water company investment had been secured over five years to restore chalk streams as well as upgrading the abstraction licensing system.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

He knows that democracy is not an abstraction.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2026

While the choice of map method sounds like a mathematical abstraction, it literally shapes the way billions of people see our world.

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2026

On the one hand, there was perspective painting, grounded in geometrical abstraction; on the other, the printing of engraved plates, supplemented by text produced on a printing press.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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