abstract
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“People who were already struggling to stay housed are now one policy cancellation away from financial collapse. This is not an abstract environmental issue. It is happening to families right now.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Dr. Dadigiri will present the findings from the study, "Beyond sleep alone: How stress and late-night eating disrupt bowel habits and gut microbiome diversity, a multi-cohort study," abstract Mo1769, at 12:30 p.m.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2026
“War is never an abstract policy debate. It is personal. Our neighbors deploy. Our families sacrifice,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Americans are concerned about pump prices but, with no physical shortages, a billion missing barrels seems as abstract as 10,000 pneumonia cases in far-off Wuhan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Whereas the buildings of Sumer and Assyria were covered with brilliant mosaics and splendid pictorial murals, the Inka style was severe, abstract, stripped down to geometric forms—startlingly contemporary, in fact.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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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