as in idea
something imagined or pictured in the mind
to a people who have lived under one dictatorship after another, democracy and freedom are mere abstractions
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Recent Examples of abstraction
For example, precision questioning, abstraction, aggression, sexism and a disdain for altruism—serving the social good—are a few of the core values driving culture in computing worksites.
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Coleen M. Carrigan, WIRED, 9 Dec. 2024
The booth is highlighted by an untitled abstraction from 2023 by Mohamed Hamidi, one of the leading members of the famed Casablanca Art School of the 1960s and ’70s.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Just the casting of two Brits to play quintessential New Yorkers adds another layer of abstraction.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
The process requires abstraction: extracting relevant information from experience, stripping it of unnecessary detail and storing it.
—Quanta Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
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Coleen M. Carrigan, WIRED, 9 Dec. 2024
The booth is highlighted by an untitled abstraction from 2023 by Mohamed Hamidi, one of the leading members of the famed Casablanca Art School of the 1960s and ’70s.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Just the casting of two Brits to play quintessential New Yorkers adds another layer of abstraction.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
The process requires abstraction: extracting relevant information from experience, stripping it of unnecessary detail and storing it.
—Quanta Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abstraction
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Modeled on an idea from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat, the agency has drawn sharp criticism from leaders of the financial industry and, more recently, from the new Trump administration.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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Please reach out with feedback, tips or ideas in English or Spanish.—
Carolyn Komatsoulis,
Idaho Statesman,
16 Feb. 2025
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As Season 4 got underway, Williams started sitting in on production meetings, tone meetings, concept meetings, and asking questions.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
9 Feb. 2025
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The agreement, formalized this past May, calls for the MWRD to pay for concept planning and preliminary engineering design while the Forest Preserves will pay for acquiring property.—
Mike Nolan,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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People don’t start to develop as male or female until about eight to 10 weeks after conception.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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She was officially announced in June 2024, but as a Warriors executive, she had been involved with the WNBA expansion effort since its inception, or even its conception, including sitting on a task force that began looking into this idea several years ago.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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Players from a now bygone era couldn’t comprehend the notion of being nice to an opponent before kick off.—
Tim Spiers,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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The image of monkey god Hanuman, representing wisdom, strength, courage, devotion and self-discipline, is prominently placed in the series, which pits Western notions of wealth and materialism against Buddhist concepts of selflessness and spirituality.—
Jordan Riefe,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Feb. 2025
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Rick Ross also offered his two cents, mocking 50 Cent for his reaction to seeing them together, and later exploring the thought of producing a big budget BMF film.—
Jessica Bennett,
VIBE.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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Three thoughts on San Diego State’s 68-63 loss at Colorado State on Saturday night: 1.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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The 30-second spot, which included a cameo of his then wife, Jennifer Lopez, garnered 7 billion impressions for the company after its first airing, according to Dunkin' President Scott Murphy in a 2024 interview with Entreprenuer magazine.—
Anne Marie Lee,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2025
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The director Clint Bentley’s new film was a major surprise for me; his first feature, Jockey, left only a slight impression upon critics, and adapting the work of the novelist Denis Johnson has long been a tricky cinematic task.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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