abstract
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In Moerdijk, that dilemma is no longer abstract; it's immediate, and it is set to reshape the lives of Jaco, Andrea, Jacques and everyone living on the fault line of the green transition.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
Rei Ami embodied “divine feminine” in a look by Joseph Altuzarra featuring an abstract imprint of the female form.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
In the abstract, the pope’s words might apply to any number of leaders, including Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
“Trans people aren’t abstract in this conversation,” Hack told Salon.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
The iron was contorting, twisting itself out of the abstract curls and coils into a frightening face, which spoke in a clanging, echoing voice: “State your purpose!”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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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