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abstract

[ab-strakt, ab-strakt, ab-strakt, ab-strakt, ab-strakt] / æbˈstrækt, ˈæb strækt, ˈæb strækt, æbˈstrækt, ˈæb strækt /








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On the wall behind the couch where clients sit, I hung a tapestry that features a sun rising over an abstract landscape of pinks and yellows.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

De Gaulle was unbothered by his distance from Paris, for as the author observes, “his conception of France was an abstract one. He had little emotional attachment to places.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

I wanted a picture that was sharp on his well-known headcover of a tiger but for him to be abstract to it, as opposed to standing next to it.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

“Trans people aren’t abstract in this conversation,” Hack told Salon.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

The essence of that originality was to take what composers normally did in symphonies - long, abstract, streams of ‘pure’ instrumental music - and turn it into a sung drama on stage.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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