abstract
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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
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
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
Each begins its life as a rather abstract scientific concept, but grows to invade multiple human discourses—thereby transforming culture, society, politics, and language.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing abstract
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 5
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