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abstraction

[ab-strak-shuhn] / æbˈstræk ʃən /


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There are Supreme Court cases that arrive draped in abstraction.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 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

Screwball humor often runs through the pieces; they indulge in abstraction and never skew didactic.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

He knows that democracy is not an abstraction.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2026

The amount of abstraction that a writer can get away with depends on the expertise of her readership.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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