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
The conversation became technocratic, filled with acronyms and abstraction.
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London Business School, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
The museum is home to art created after 1950 in various mediums and galleries organized by concepts and movements such as pop art, minimalism and abstraction.
700 Prospect St., La Jolla.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Inaugural shows alone are devoted to the arts of Africa, the work of Renoir, geometric abstraction, and British artist Isaac Julien’s nine-screen video-installation tribute to Bo Bardi.
—Andrew Sessa, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2025
The exhibition ends with artists whose work achieves pure abstraction, like Volpi’s paintings from the 1940s and onwards.
—Emi Eleode, ARTnews.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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London Business School, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
The museum is home to art created after 1950 in various mediums and galleries organized by concepts and movements such as pop art, minimalism and abstraction.
700 Prospect St., La Jolla.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Inaugural shows alone are devoted to the arts of Africa, the work of Renoir, geometric abstraction, and British artist Isaac Julien’s nine-screen video-installation tribute to Bo Bardi.
—Andrew Sessa, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2025
The exhibition ends with artists whose work achieves pure abstraction, like Volpi’s paintings from the 1940s and onwards.
—Emi Eleode, ARTnews.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abstraction
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Who exactly said at the end of last season that the best idea was to pay a 35-year-old who misses at least a quarter of every season?—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Mar. 2025
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Even though our grandparents wouldn’t have dreamt of cooking bacon in anything other than their cast-iron skillets, modern Southerners have their own ideas about the best ways to cook bacon.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But is this really a new concept, or just a rebranding?—
Ruhama Wolle,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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And now, the time was ripe to take its concept on the road.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Primary care physicians know that every American has a stake in our health care system from the moment of conception until the last heartbeat and every day in between.—
Primary care physicians,
Hartford Courant,
6 Apr. 2025
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Kylee Pucci is a six-time egg donor and has a unique relationship with her biological daughter Comments Egg donation provides families with the chance to experience parenthood when natural conception isn't possible.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Dozens of Arab and Muslim-majority countries have rejected the notion as ethnic cleansing.—
Daniel Estrin,
NPR,
11 Mar. 2025
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To be clear, the notion of a cloned mind and its digital variations being provided as a software service wasn’t entirely original and some had tried it before.—
Dr. Jonathan Reichental,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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But when asked his thoughts on U.S. President Donald Trump’s politics during a press conference after the lineup announcement, Fremaux kept it diplomatic.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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Drop a comment with your thoughts on the first half of 9-1-1: Contagion below.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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That notebook is the source for these quick and sweaty odds and ends that didn’t fit into my first impressions story.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Apr. 2025
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Yet Armstrong has made an instantaneous and significant impression.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Abstraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abstraction. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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